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Meaning of "Wills" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WILLS

Wills  [wɪlz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILLS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wills 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 WILLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wills

Wills is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: ▪ Alfred Wills (1828–1912), English High Court judge and mountaineer ▪ Andrew Wills (b. 1972), Australian rules footballer ▪ Anneke Wills (b. 1941), British actress ▪ Arthur Wills (b. 1926), Director of Music at Ely Cathedral (1958–1990) ▪ Bob Wills (1905–1975), American Western swing musician ▪ Bump Wills (b. 1952), American Major League baseball player ▪ Chill Wills (1902–1978), American film actor ▪ Chris Wills (b. 1978), British gameshow Countdown champion ▪ Christopher Wills, American biologist ▪ Ernest C. Wills, American college baseball coach ▪ Frank Wills (architect) (1822–1857), British architect ▪ Frank Wills (security guard) (1948–2000), security guard that discovered the break-in that led to the Watergate scandal ▪ Garry Wills (b. 1934), American author and historian ▪ Harry Wills (1889–1958), American boxer ▪ Helen Wills Moody (1905–1998), American tennis player ▪ James Wills (1790–1868), Irish writer and poet ▪ John Wills (d. 1806), Warden of Merton College, Oxford ▪ Jonathan Wills (journalist), British journalist ▪ Jonathon W. G.

Definition of Wills in the English dictionary

The definition of Wills in the dictionary is Helen Newington, married name Helen Wills Moody Roark. 1905–98, US tennis player. She was Wimbledon singles champion eight times between 1927 and 1938. She also won the US title seven times and the French title four times. Other definition of Wills is William John. 1834–61, English explorer: Robert Burke's deputy in an expedition on which both men died after crossing Australia from north to south for the first time.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WILLS


after-sales
ˈɑːftəˌseɪlz
Dales
deɪlz
Giles
dʒaɪlz
hills
hɪlz
Mills
mɪlz
piles
paɪlz
pills
pɪlz
sales
seɪlz
Scales
skeɪlz
Smiles
smaɪlz
spoils
spɔɪlz
tails
teɪlz
telesales
ˈtɛlɪˌseɪlz
textiles
ˈtɛkstaɪlz
Wales
weɪlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WILLS

Willis
williwaw
willow
willow fly
willow grouse
willow pattern
Willow South

WORDS THAT END LIKE WILLS

as old as the hills
battle of wills
Beverly Hills
Black Hills
Catskills
communication skills
gills
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interpersonal skills
keyboard skills
language skills
management skills
no-frills
people skills
presentation skills
programming skills
Sills
social skills
soft skills
the hills

Synonyms and antonyms of Wills in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WILLS»

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

Translation of «Wills» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WILLS

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

Translator English - Chinese

遗嘱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Testamentos
570 millions of speakers

English

Wills
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विल्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوصايا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Завещания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Wills
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উইলস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Wills
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wasiat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wills
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウィルズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유언장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wills
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

di chúc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வில்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विल्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Wills
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Wills
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

testamenty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заповіту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Wills
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Διαθήκες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

testamente
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Wills
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Wills
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Wills

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLS»

The term «Wills» is very widely used and occupies the 15.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLS» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «WILLS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Wills.
1
John Leonard
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
2
Buck Owens
I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.
3
George Strait
You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em.
4
George Strait
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILLS»

Discover the use of Wills in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Wills and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1993, this is an account of the making of Lincoln's revolutionary masterpiece.
Garry Wills, 1992
2
Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-made Man
In the end, Nixon Agonistes reaches far beyond its assessment of the thirty-seventh president to become an incisive and provocative analysis of the American political machine.
Garry Wills, 1970
3
Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the ...
This new edition has been prepared by the prestigious J K Minerals Research Centre of Australia, which contributes its world-class expertise and ensures that this will continue to be the book of choice for professionals and students in this ...
Barry A. Wills, 2011
4
Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800
Richmond County wills are extant only from 1699, but the compiler of this useful work has bridged the gap by substituting information from Order Books, 1692-1699, thereby extending the possibilities for genealogical enquiry.
Robert Kirk Headley, 1983
5
Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates
Plus, the Fifth Edition is national in scope while going in-depth on a state-by-state basis as well, making it applicable for every legal student.
Gordon Brown, Scott Myers, 2012
6
San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills
'In what was clearly a labor of love, Townsend has produced a thoroughly entertaining book, which is important both as a biography and as a study of popular culture.
Charles Townsend, Charles R. Townsend, 1986
7
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the ...
Garry Wills, 2002
8
What Jesus Meant
Arguing that Jesus subscribed to no political program, the author draws on the gospel to explain Jesus's radical views about class and power and how the Resurrection and Christ's divinity are key factors in his teachings.
Garry Wills, 2007
9
Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth
Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the vivid intrigue and drama of Jacobean England, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lincoln at Gettysburg" restores Macbeth's suspenseful tension by returning it to the context of its own time, ...
Garry Wills, 1995
10
Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, ...
This volume contains abstracts of more than 5,000 wills and administrations that span 150 years of Isle of Wight County history.
Blanche Adams Chapman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Wills is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bank living wills reveal Wall St victims
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley would cease to exist under “living wills” the banks have drawn up to show how they would handle bankruptcy in ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Special Super Dodger Dog, Maury Wills Bobble Head
A special loaded hot dog will be available at Dodger Stadium throughout the Los Angeles Dodgers' four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, which ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Virginia Golfer Makes Three Aces, Shoots 57
"What happened," according to Keating, is that Patrick Wills, a 59-year-old retired Marine, while playing in a 54-hole summer solstice tournament, shot a 57 in ... «Golf Channel, Jun 15»
4
Body of kayaker missing in Gadsden's Big Wills Creek found Sunday …
The Gadsden Fire Department says they found the body of a kayaker missing in Big Wills Creek since Saturday. Assistant Chief Jim Matlock said after the rescue ... «Alabama's News Leader, Apr 15»
5
US Regulators Fault 3 Foreign Banks Over 'Living Wills'
The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found shortcomings in the “living wills,” or bankruptcy plans, of the U.S. units of BNP Paribas SA, ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
6
Superdry boss Shaun Wills ousted for going bankrupt
The group's founder and chief creative officer, Julian Dunkerton, has replaced Mr Wills with Nick Wharton, the former chief executive of homewares retailer ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
7
Man Allegedly Keeps Crowdsourced Funds Raised in Sick Baby's …
She said she logged into Facebook a short time later and saw that the friend who created the account -- her husband's godfather, Ken Wills -- posted images of ... «ABC News, Jan 15»
8
Last wills lead to bitter warfare and estrangement
Kotzer has documented the good, the bad and the ugly of wills — and be assured, there's lots of ugly — in The Wills Lawyers: Their Stories of Money, Inheritance ... «Toronto Sun, Dec 14»
9
Wills archive: Millions of documents available online
Millions of wills - including those of Sir Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and ... the public to search a government archive of 41 million wills dating back to 1858. «BBC News, Dec 14»
10
Five Wills Point family members killed in Louisiana accident
MONROE, Louisiana — Five family members from Wills Point, Texas, were killed in a single-vehicle accident outside of Monroe, Louisiana, last night, according ... «inForney.com, Nov 14»

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