Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Disposed or inclined; prepared: I am willing to overlook your mistakes.
- adj. Acting or ready to act gladly; eagerly compliant: "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” ( Matthew 26:41).
- adj. Done, given, accepted, or borne voluntarily or ungrudgingly. See Synonyms at voluntary.
- adj. Of or relating to exercise of the will; volitional.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Inclination; desire; intention.
- Favorably disposed; ready; inclined; desirous: as, willing to work; willing to depart.
- Voluntary; cheerfully given, granted, done, or borne: as, willing service; willing poverty.
- Characterized by promptness or readiness in action; free from reluctance, laziness, or slowness: willing horse; a willing hand.
- In harmony or accord; like-minded.
- Synonyms Minded.
- Spontaneous, etc. See voluntary.
Wiktionary
- adj. Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
- n. The execution of a will.
- v. present participle of will.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
- adj. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
- adj. rare Spontaneous; self-moved.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. disposed or inclined toward
- n. the act of making a choice
- adj. not brought about by coercion or force
Examples
“Coalition of the willing has become a joke: The coalition of the willing has become the butt of jokes rather than serious criticism.”
Finally! Al Jazeera launches english site. | Letter Never Sent
“It doesn’t matter what Sen. Arlen Specter says, he is still just a scared old man, willing to postulate himself before the alter of the neo-con crazies, to keep his status, money and power..willing to commit treasonous acts against his own country for the almighty dollar and comfort in his doting, slavering old age..to hell with the grandchildren…”
“It just took some time to find a label willing to take the risk to sign a French band singing in English.”
The Huffington Post: Salvatore Bono: France's Neo-New Wavers Tahiti 80 Return
“Ed Stasium tried but couldn’t find a label willing to pick up the album.”
“Here, therefore, we feign a new act of the mind, which we call the willing an obligation; and on this we suppose the morality to depend.”
“Oh, and another disc of previously recorded (but never released) stuff that the band's looking to put out too, if it can find a home for it on a label willing to take the chance of releasing and distributing it.”
“To have a label willing to come alongside us and not define us is great!”
“Posts: 33 iTrader: (need review writer for a money making program (adsense like, bux, affiliate, etc) as described in the title willing to pay $0,5 per article in condition:”
“Part of the explanation for why they aren't so willing is just old-fashioned elitism.”
“A lucky few might find another major label willing to sign them, or they could end up renegotiating their contracts, but the vast majority are expected to either break up or retreat to an independent label.”
The Washington Post: Archive: The Dismemberment Plan's dalliance with Interscope Records
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘willing’.
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...grow, greatest country, greatest, grow the economy, great nation, great decisions, great, government, great NATIONAL su..., good times, good job, good and generous... and 751 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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no little thing
it bothers me when i hear someone who have experienced something life changing use the phrase: now i appreciate the little things. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY LITTLE THINGS. everything is EXTRAOR...
letters, living, understand, narrow, behavior, personal, need, meant, untamed, world, soldier, 'cause and 241 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 1999 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Lost in transgenderation
An interesting list I found in the internet, on how the same word changes its meaning when used to describe a woman rather than a man.
(I'm translating from Italian, then adding new ones)courtesan, masseuse, professional, street, morals, public, easy, entertaining, enticer, willing, peripatetic, cubist and 8 more...
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MEC3 Lesson 140
flat-chested, topless, stripper, novelty, acoustic, undetectable, lens, eventually, wax museum, as well, knock off, mesmerize and 5 more...
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Alandria Denise Walker
w. iz da clst ting since 5th. Daz when Iwz intro. Den I dnt rly no 'bout it, but I'm learning every DAY.
willing, shy, fragile, trust issues, despret for true ..., nice, easy to talk to, youngest of four, 13, native american, music lover, animal lover and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for willing.
alandriadenisewalker Haunted Dreams
I'm breathing I'm reaching I'm crying out
There squeezing There singing There trying to blow me out
I'm screaming I'm freaking... Can you bring some help
The haunted dreams of a teenage child.
- Alandria Denise
I hope you like it. May 23, 2009
alandriadenisewalker Beauiful poem. I write some myself. You can call them depressing or beautiful depends on what type of person you are. May 23, 2009
Prolagus A willing man: a helpful person
A willing woman: a trollop.
(see my list) Jun 13, 2008