"we'll" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /wiːl/ [UK], /wil/ [US], /wi.əl/ [US], /wɪl/ [unstressed], /wəl/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-we'll.ogg [US]
enPR: wēl [unstressed] Rhymes: -iːl, -ɪl Etymology: Contraction of we will and we shall. Etymology templates: {{m|en|we will}} we will, {{m|en|we shall}} we shall Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} we'll, {{en-cont}} we'll
  1. we will Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-we'll-en-contraction-ZxlXaWx8
  2. we shall Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-we'll-en-contraction-qW2Wtp96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: we'l [obsolete] Related terms: he'll, I'll, she'll, they'll, we'd, we're, we've, you'll

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