"he'll" meaning in English

See he'll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /hiːl/, /hɪl/ Audio: en-us-he'll.ogg [US], en-us-he'll-2.ogg [US] 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
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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