"will do" meaning in English

See will do in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: An ellipsis for "I will do (it or that)." Head templates: {{en-interj}} will do
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see will, do. Related terms: that will do, that'll do
    Sense id: en-will_do-en-intj-liDw1iKZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English responses, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English responses: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22
  2. (by ellipsis) Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action. Translations (affirmative yes): hoituu (Finnish), mach ich (German), wird gemacht (German), ita faciam (Latin), da się zrobić (Polish), разуме се (Serbo-Croatian), важи се [slang] (Serbo-Croatian), него како (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-will_do-en-intj-RqfcNgag Categories (other): English responses Disambiguation of English responses: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'affirmative yes': 3 97

Download JSON data for will do meaning in English (2.9kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "An ellipsis for \"I will do (it or that).\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "will do",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English responses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see will, do."
      ],
      "id": "en-will_do-en-intj-liDw1iKZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "will",
          "will#English"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "that will do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "that'll do"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English responses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you wake me when you get up? — No problem, will do.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Make sure you understand this before the next class. — Will do, for sure.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "One of us needs to verify the source. — Will do, but I could use some help.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action."
      ],
      "id": "en-will_do-en-intj-RqfcNgag",
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipsis",
          "ellipsis"
        ],
        [
          "Affirmative",
          "affirmative#English"
        ],
        [
          "yes",
          "yes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "by ellipsis",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by ellipsis) Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action."
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "hoituu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "mach ich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "wird gemacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "ita faciam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "da się zrobić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "разуме се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "важи се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "affirmative yes",
          "word": "него како"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "will do"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English auxiliary verbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English responses",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An ellipsis for \"I will do (it or that).\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "will do",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "that will do"
    },
    {
      "word": "that'll do"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see will, do."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "will",
          "will#English"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English ellipses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Could you wake me when you get up? — No problem, will do.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Make sure you understand this before the next class. — Will do, for sure.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "One of us needs to verify the source. — Will do, but I could use some help.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipsis",
          "ellipsis"
        ],
        [
          "Affirmative",
          "affirmative#English"
        ],
        [
          "yes",
          "yes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "by ellipsis",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by ellipsis) Affirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "hoituu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "mach ich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "wird gemacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "ita faciam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "da się zrobić"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "разуме се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "важи се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "affirmative yes",
      "word": "него како"
    }
  ],
  "word": "will do"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.