"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]
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 will
    Sense id: en-he'll-en-contraction-bH69jQNX
  2. Contraction of he shall. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: he shall
    Sense id: en-he'll-en-contraction-MLo~fg2e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: he’l [obsolete] 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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    {
      "ipa": "/hɪl/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "heal"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "heel"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hill (in some accents)"
    },
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    }
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    "Rhymes:English/ɪl/1 syllable"
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      "word": "it'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "she'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "they'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "we'll"
    },
    {
      "word": "you'll"
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɪl/"
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    {
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    {
      "homophone": "heel"
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    {
      "homophone": "hill (in some accents)"
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      "word": "he’l"
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  "word": "he'll"
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