"he'll" meaning in English

See he'll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /hiːl/, /hɪl/ Audio: en-us-he'll.ogg , en-us-he'll-2.ogg Forms: he’ll [canonical], he’l [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Contraction of he (wi)ll and he shall Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=he’ll}} he’ll
  1. Contraction of he + will. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: he (extra: + will)
    Sense id: en-he'll-en-contraction-phovklZk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. Contraction of he + shall. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: he (extra: + shall)
    Sense id: en-he'll-en-contraction-103ZgOkm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: I'll, it'll, she'll, they'll, we'll, you'll

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "they'll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "we'll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "you'll"
    }
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          "extra": "+ will",
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          "_dis": "57 43",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
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          "_dis": "87 13",
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    {
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      "ipa": "/hiːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪl/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "heal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "heel"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hill (in some accents)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    }
  ],
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɪl/1 syllable"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "it'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "she'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "they'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "we'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "you'll"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "alt-of",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-he'll.ogg",
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    {
      "homophone": "heal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "heel"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hill (in some accents)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    }
  ],
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}

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