"willing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-willing.ogg [US] Forms: more willing [comparative], most willing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian Etymology templates: {{sense|adjective}} (adjective):, {{inh|en|ang|willende}} Old English willende, {{m|ang|willan}} willan, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{inh|en|ang|willung}} Old English willung, {{m|ang|willian}} willian Head templates: {{en-adj}} willing (comparative more willing, superlative most willing)
  1. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course. Synonyms: agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntary Translations (ready to do something that is not a matter of course): OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface (American Sign Language), ἑκών (hekṓn) (Ancient Greek), склонен (sklonen) (Bulgarian), disposat (Catalan), ochotný [masculine] (Czech), bereid (Dutch), valmis (midagi tegema) (Estonian), vabatahtlik (Estonian), halukas (Finnish), volontaire (French), disposto (Galician), azoso (Galician), willens (German), gewillt (German), willig (German), bereit (German), נָכוֹן (nachón) [masculine] (Hebrew), रज़ामंद (razāmand) (Hindi), रजामंद (rajāmand) (Hindi), hajlandó (Hungarian), sásta (Irish), fonnmhar (Irish), disposto (Italian), volenteroso (Italian), volens (Latin), libens (Latin), спремен (spremen) [masculine] (Macedonian), расположен (raspoložen) [masculine] (Macedonian), wellich (Plautdietsch), chętny (Polish), gotowy (Polish), ochoczy (Polish), disposto (Portuguese), voluntar (Romanian), гото́вый (gotóvyj) (Russian), èasgaidh (Scottish Gaelic), dispuesto (Spanish), listo (Spanish), voluntarioso (Spanish), villig (Swedish), mayloob (Tagalog), ārwer (Tocharian B), гото́вий (hotóvyj) (Ukrainian), охо́чий (oxóčyj) (Ukrainian)

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-willing.ogg [US] Forms: willings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian Etymology templates: {{sense|adjective}} (adjective):, {{inh|en|ang|willende}} Old English willende, {{m|ang|willan}} willan, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{inh|en|ang|willung}} Old English willung, {{m|ang|willian}} willian Head templates: {{en-noun}} willing (plural willings)
  1. (rare or obsolete) The execution of a will. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-willing-en-noun-MxqiyYVA

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-willing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian Etymology templates: {{sense|adjective}} (adjective):, {{inh|en|ang|willende}} Old English willende, {{m|ang|willan}} willan, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{inh|en|ang|willung}} Old English willung, {{m|ang|willian}} willian Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} willing
  1. present participle and gerund of will Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: will
    Sense id: en-willing-en-verb-jZn57Bg5 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 23 1 77 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 5 72

Inflected forms

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          "word": "agreeable"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
          "word": "disposto"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
          "word": "volenteroso"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
          "word": "voluntar"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
          "word": "гото́вый"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
          "word": "dispuesto"
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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          "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "word": "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
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          "text": "Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "склонен"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "disposat"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "halukas"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "volontaire"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "disposto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "azoso"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "willens"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "gewillt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "willig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "bereit"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "hekṓn",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "roman": "nachón",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "word": "נָכוֹן"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "razāmand",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "रज़ामंद"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "fonnmhar"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "disposto"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "volenteroso"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "wellich"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "chętny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "gotowy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "ochoczy"
    },
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "disposto"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "voluntar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "гото́вый"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "dispuesto"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "listo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "voluntarioso"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "villig"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
      "word": "mayloob"
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      "sense": "ready to do something that is not a matter of course",
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
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