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will
modal verb (REQUEST) /wɪl/Definition
A2 used to ask someone to do something: Will you give me her address? Will you give that to Tony when you see him, please?Making appeals and requests › (also 'll) used as a polite way of inviting someone to do something, or of offering someone something: Will you join us for a drink, Evie? Will you come in for a while? You'll have some cake, won't you, Charles?Polite expressions
(Definition of will modal verb (REQUEST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- actually adverb (SAYING NO)
- after preposition
- allow verb (GIVE PERMISSION)
- by all means idiom
- chance noun (LUCK)
- could modal verb (PERMISSION)
- disrespect noun
- don't mention it! idiom
- forgive verb
- good adjective (KIND)
- honour noun (RESPECT)
- how adverb
- might I ask/inquire/know idiom
- no problem idiom
- obliged adjective (GRATEFUL)
- pardon (me) idiom
- pardon exclamation
- perhaps adverb
- please exclamation
- possibly adverb (WITH CAN/COULD)
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