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Oleg Cassini

Meaning of "willing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WILLING

willing  [ˈwɪlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Willing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WILLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Willing

Willing may refer to: ▪ pertaining to Will ▪ assigning items through a will and testament ▪ assenting through Volition...

Definition of willing in the English dictionary

The first definition of willing in the dictionary is favourably disposed or inclined; ready. Other definition of willing is cheerfully or eagerly compliant. Willing is also done, given, accepted, etc, freely or voluntarily.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WILLING


beer-swilling
ˈbɪəˌswɪlɪŋ
billing
ˈbɪlɪŋ
boiling
ˈbɔɪlɪŋ
chilling
ˈtʃɪlɪŋ
drilling
ˈdrɪlɪŋ
failing
ˈfeɪlɪŋ
filing
ˈfaɪlɪŋ
filling
ˈfɪlɪŋ
fulfilling
fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ
grilling
ˈɡrɪlɪŋ
killing
ˈkɪlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
paling
ˈpeɪlɪŋ
quilling
ˈkwɪlɪŋ
sailing
ˈseɪlɪŋ
shilling
ˈʃɪlɪŋ
smiling
ˈsmaɪlɪŋ
styling
ˈstaɪlɪŋ
thrilling
ˈθrɪlɪŋ
unwilling
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WILLING

willie
willies
williewaught
willing horse
willingly
willingness
Willis
williwaw
willow
willow fly
willow grouse
willow pattern
Willow South
willow tit
willow wand
willow warbler
willow-like
willow-pattern

WORDS THAT END LIKE WILLING

bestselling
calling
compelling
controlling
direct selling
dwelling
falling
feeling
hot-selling
installing
modelling
polling
rolling
scrolling
selling
spelling
start the ball rolling
storytelling
swelling
telling
travelling

Synonyms and antonyms of willing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WILLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «willing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of willing

Translation of «willing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WILLING

Find out the translation of willing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of willing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «willing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乐意的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estar dispuesto
570 millions of speakers

English

willing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तैयार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُسْتَعِدّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

желающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disposto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইচ্ছুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disposé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersedia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gewillt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

進んで・・・する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...하고 싶은 마음이 드는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cumadhang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sẵn lòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தயாராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इच्छाशक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

volenteroso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skłonny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охочий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dispus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόθυμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bereid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

villig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

villig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of willing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLING»

The term «willing» is very widely used and occupies the 5.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about willing

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10 QUOTES WITH «WILLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word willing.
1
Paula Abdul
For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.
2
Stephen Ambrose
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
3
Matthew Tobin Anderson
I've always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don't notice the fact that someone who might be very close-mouthed or tight-lipped is perfectly willing to tell us a story in 600 or 700 pages.
4
Mary Kay Ash
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.
5
Roger Nash Baldwin
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
6
Jeff Bezos
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.
7
Kevin Bleyer
Diplomats willing to sit for an interview usually prefer the terra firma of CNN over the whoopee cushion of Comedy Central.
8
Greg Brenneman
What you can do is ask: 'What is the value to the customer? What are they willing to pay for?' Then, deliver great products and services.
9
Benjamin Carson
I've had experiences in my life that leave no doubt in my mind about the fact that God exists. I'm quite willing to debate people who don't think so because I want them to explain to me how did our solar system get so organized and how is the universe so complex and yet well-organized that we can predict 70 years hence when a comet is coming?
10
Oleg Cassini
Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILLING»

Discover the use of willing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to willing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the ...
Eloquently written, meticulously documented, impassioned...A model of moral and scholarly integrity."--Philadelphia Inquirer From the Trade Paperback edition.
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, 2007
2
Willing Victim
As Flynn invites her deeper into his world and his life, Laurel has to make a choice-let fear keep her holed up where it's safe, or take a chance and fight for the man who makes her feel more alive than she'd dreamed possible.Reader ...
Cara McKenna, 2010
3
Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Poetic Faith in Film
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 term, a 'willing suspension of disbelief, ' has survived and been used by film critics and others to describe what happens when a movie viewer watches a movie.
Anthony J. Ferri, 2007
4
Willing and Unable: Doctors' Constraints in Abortion Care
" Drawing from forty in-depth interviews, the book presents a challenge to a commonly held assumption that physicians decide whether or not to provide abortion based on personal ideology.
Lori Freedman, 2010
5
Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to ...
The authors "focus on the develomental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education.
Mandy Savitz-Romer, Suzanne M. Bouffard, 2012
6
Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will
This book, like Sproul's Faith Alone, is a major work on an essential evangelical tenet. What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why has there been so much controversy over free will throughout church history?
R. C. Sproul, 2002
7
Willing Dogs & Reluctant Masters: On Friendship and Dogs
For anyone who has owned, or been owned by (or simply known), a dog—an exploration of friendship and authority.
Gary Borjesson, 2012
8
Honest, Open, Willing: My Journey From Despair To Hope
This book was originally going to be called H.O.W. Honest Open Willing Posts which was a non fiction but anonymous story about someone who posts on a social network in a closed group with about 260 understanding friends, family, school ...
Steven R. Adelman, 2012
9
God Willing: My Wild Ride with the New Iraqi Army
A member of this Adviser Support Team, Capt. Eric Navarro, recounts their tour in vivid and brutally honest detail. Their deployment comes at a particularly important time in the war.
Capt. Eric Navarro, USMCR, 2008
10
Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and ...
In addition to offering insight into some of the major debates that informed the Weimar Republic, this book demonstrates that similar issues continue to shape the contemporary cultural landscape of Germany.
Barbara Kosta, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term willing is used in the context of the following news items.
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PartnerRe Willing to Negotiate With Exor After Latest Offer
LONDON — The Bermuda reinsurer PartnerRe said on Tuesday that it was willing to negotiate with the Italian investment company Exor following its latest ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Backed By Y Combinator, Willing Makes Estate And Funeral …
Along with YC, Willing's investors also include 500 Startups, Sound Ventures (the venture capital firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), and Gary ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
3
The FBI is willing to pay $4.2 million to get these hackers
These aren't the murderers, drug traffickers and rapists who usually are on the FBI's lists, but cyber criminals are still some of agency's most-wanted bad guys. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Sandy Alderson finally willing to 'overpay' — far too late
General manager Sandy Alderson is willing to “overpay'' in a trade — if there is something worth trading for that could spark a team that is the worst hitting team ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
5
Greece Willing to Raise Taxes on Merchant Ships
ATHENS—Greece's government is willing to implement a higher tonnage tax on its giant merchant shipping industry, meeting its international creditors half way ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
Analyst: Tesla owners are willing to pay way more for the Model S …
What we can glean from this is that Tesla is indeed special — so special that buyers are willing to pay substantially more for the privilege of Tesla ownership ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
7
Why people are willing to die for an idea
Moscow, Oct. 7, 2006. Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist, human rights activist and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
8
Willing to help someone with dementia? Alzheimer Society, feds …
WATCH: A new Canadian program is trying to change the quality of life for people lving with dementia. Heather Yourex reports. At only 18 years old, Daniela ... «Globalnews.ca, Jun 15»
9
Liam Neeson's 'A Willing Patriot' Bought by Open Road for U.S.
Sierra/Affinity sold multiple markets for “A Willing Patriot” at Cannes, including Eagle Pictures for Italy, Freeman Distribution/Monlith/Blitz for Eastern Europe, ... «Variety, Jun 15»
10
Who's Willing to Fight for Iraq?
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's recent assessment of Iraqi security forces was impolitic and true, and rarely voiced by senior officials. After the devastating ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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