willing
AdjektivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈwɪlɪŋ//
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
Adjektiv
- 1
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him.
In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.
"Of course, the ventilation is awful. We pump the air down, but two-hour shifts are the most the men can do - and they are willing lads too."
Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed.
Herkunft
* (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian By surface analysis, will + -ing.
Substantiv
- 1
veraltetThe execution of a will.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von willpresent participle and gerund of will
Formen
- Plural
- willings
- Komparativ
- more willing
- Superlativ
- most willing
willing · Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
Willing · A surname.willingly · Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.willingness · The state of being willing