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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
Yehuda Berg

Meaning of "willingness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WILLINGNESS

willingness  [ˈwɪlɪŋnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILLINGNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Willingness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WILLINGNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Will

Will may refer to: ▪ The English modal verb will; see shall and will, and will and would ▪ Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death ▪ Advance health care directive, instructions for medical decisions after one becomes incapacitated ▪ Will, or willpower ▪ Volition ▪ Will...

Definition of willingness in the English dictionary

The definition of willingness in the dictionary is willingness to do sth a favourable disposition or inclination to do something; readiness to do something. Other definition of willingness is cheerfulness, enthusiasm or eager compliance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WILLINGNESS


awareness
əˈwɛənɪs
business
ˈbɪznɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
Denis
ˈdɛnɪs
Dennis
ˈdɛnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
graspingness
ˈɡrɑːspɪŋnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
illness
ˈɪlnɪs
misbecomingness
ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌmɪŋnɪs
nothingness
ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs
penis
ˈpiːnɪs
sufficingness
səˈfaɪsɪŋnɪs
tennis
ˈtɛnɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
unerringness
ʌnˈɜːrɪŋnɪs
unwillingness
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋnɪs
wrongness
ˈrɒŋnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WILLINGNESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE WILLINGNESS

beingness
belongingness
bigness
boringness
cunningness
fittingness
flowingness
in the wilderness
interestingness
knowingness
lovingness
overweeningness
pressingness
smugness
snugness
strikingness
teemingness
temptingness
trigness
trustingness
unfeelingness

Synonyms and antonyms of willingness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WILLINGNESS»

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

Translation of «willingness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WILLINGNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

愿意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disposición
570 millions of speakers

English

willingness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इच्छा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستعداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

готовность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vontade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্মতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonne volonté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesediaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bereitschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意欲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekarepan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sẵn sàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விருப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इच्छा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isteklilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buona volontà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gotowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

готовність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disponibilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προθυμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bereidwilligheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

villighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of willingness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLINGNESS»

The term «willingness» is very widely used and occupies the 16.405 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLINGNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «willingness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «willingness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «WILLINGNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word willingness.
1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
2
Scott Adams
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
3
Robert Anthony
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.
4
John Backus
You need the willingness to fail all the time.
5
William Bennett
Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.
6
Yehuda Berg
Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
7
Yehuda Berg
Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
8
Dennis C. Blair
Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus on law enforcement. The domestic-vs.-foreign barrier has been solved by the reforms after 9/11 that established the DNI.
9
Leo Buscaglia
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
10
Stanley Crouch
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or the metaphoric experience that allows them to see human continuity as opposed to total threat, total willingness to do violence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILLINGNESS»

Discover the use of willingness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to willingness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Measuring Willingness to Pay for Electricity
The measurement of willingness to pay for electricity relies critically on a reliable estimate of the demand for electricity function.
Peter Choynowski, 2008
2
The Key: And the Name of the Key Is Willingness
These insights from many years of Zen meditation practice appeal to a wide range of spiritual traditions and explore topics such as the difference between process and content, notions of right and wrong, ending self-punishment, and taking ...
Cheri Huber, 1999
3
Willingness to Pay Surveys: A Streamlimed Approach ; ...
This book has been developed as part of the DFID Knowledge and Research project R7852 Optimised Management of Watsan Services in Small Towns.
Alison Wedgwood, Kevin Sansom, 2003
4
Bayesian analysis of consumer willingness-to-pay
This dissertation examines three problems in the use of discrete choice models to estimate consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP).
Garrett Sonnier, 2006
5
Estimation of Willingness-to-Pay: Theory, Measurement, ...
There exist three kinds of sales data suitable for estimation of willingness-to-pay: (1) historical sales data - the companies' own sales records, (2) panel data - individual purchase data from members of a customer panel, and (3) store scanner ...
Pro. Dr. Thomas Reutterer, Christoph Breidert, 2007
6
The Diffusion of War: A Study of Opportunity and Willingness
A study of wars and what causes them to expand
Randolph M. Siverson, Harvey Starr, 1991
7
An econometric analysis of willingness to pay for ...
4.1 Determinants of the stated willingness-to-pay Some variables turned out to be statistically significant determinants of willingness-to-pay. These include the respondent's income, the frequency of visiting the environmental goods, ...
Miroslav Verbič, Renata Slabe Erker, 2007
8
The Willingness to Pay for Medical Care: Evidence from Two ...
Although improving health care strengthens a country's human resources, governments have been reluctant to improve health services because of high costs.
Paul Gertler, J. van der Gaag, 1990
9
The Willingness of Older African Americans to Seek Care for ...
Patsy R. Smith. CHAPTER IV RESULTS The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of depressive symptoms (measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression [CES-D] Scale), internalized stigma of depression ...
Patsy R. Smith, 2007
10
Examining Potential Mechanisms for Increasing Emotional ...
To address the unwillingness to experience emotions (in particular) which is considered to underlie this avoidance behavior, emotional acceptance has been proposed as a strategy for increasing emotional willingness. Although several ...
Autumn M. Paulson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILLINGNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term willingness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Consumer Willingness to Pay for ADAS Remains Modest as Interest …
... levels of consumer disinterest by far among all ADAS features. Willingness to pay is low for all autonomous driving features at all reasonable price points. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
Fisheries sector values EU Fisheries Commissioner's willingness to …
"It is really satisfying to note the willingness to talk shown by the new commissioner, his conviction that sustainability must be environmental as well as economic, ... «FIS, Jul 15»
3
Greece options hinge on willingness to bend
Greece options hinge on willingness to bend. Originally published July 6, 2015 at 8:29 pm. What options are open to the Greek leader when he meets with ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
4
No Governor, A Willingness To Compromise Is Not What We Need
Chris Christie gives good speech. He definitely is a pro at passionately communicating and effectively donning “I'm a regular guy who's pissed off about what's ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
5
Chargers job listing requires willingness to move to Los Angeles
Want to work for the San Diego Chargers? You may have to move to Los Angeles. If you've been following the Chargers' stadium saga, you're already aware ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
6
Supreme Court Shows Surprising Willingness To Combat …
Much of the attention on the Supreme Court today has focused on King v. Burwell, which upheld federal subsidies and preserved health care for millions. «ThinkProgress, Jun 15»
7
Broncos' Reported Willingness to Move Peyton Manning Not as …
Recently, a bombshell report emerged regarding Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. The report claimed the Broncos had actually entertained trading ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
8
No willingness by Greece to resolve crisis: top German SPD lawmaker
BERLIN: The leader in parliament of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Thomas Oppermann, said on Tuesday he saw no willingness from the Greek ... «Channel News Asia, Jun 15»
9
Governor thanks CSKT "willingness to listen" for revisions to …
Governor Steve Bullock is thanking the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for their "willingness to listen" to changes that helped win approval of the ... «KPAX-TV, May 15»
10
US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — As Nigeria swore in Muhammadu Buhari as the new president on Friday, the Obama administration signaled that it was prepared to expand ... «New York Times, May 15»

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