will

/wɪl/, /wəl/ modal verb (present tense will, past tense would /wʊd/, /wəd/) (REQUEST)

Definition

› used to ask or tell someone to do something: Will you give me her address, please? You will do it because I said so! › Will can be used as a polite way of inviting someone to do something, or of offering someone something: Will you come in? Note: The negative contraction is won’t.

(Definition of will modal verb (REQUEST) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)