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willing
[ wil-ing ]
adjective
- disposed or consenting; inclined:
willing to go along.
Synonyms:
- cheerfully consenting or ready:
a willing worker.
- done, given, borne, used, etc., with cheerful readiness.
willing
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
adjective
- favourably disposed or inclined; ready
- cheerfully or eagerly compliant
- done, given, accepted, etc, freely or voluntarily
Derived Forms
- ˈɾԲ, adverb
- ˈɾԲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɾ·Բ· adverb
- ɾ·Բ·Ա noun
- ··ɾ·Բ adjective
- ·ɾ·Բ adjective
- ܲ·-ɾ·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see ready, willing, and able ; spirit is willing but the flesh is weak .Example Sentences
“If we can improve the game a little bit, we’re always willing to do something like that.”
Some attorneys were not willing to participate in the “global mediation process,” and negotiations are underway with plaintiffs in those cases, according to the county.
“Unless you're willing to be a participant in these systems of compliance and distraction then you pose some kind of evident threat.”
Administration officials have suggested in recent days that Trump might be willing to lower or end some of the just-announced tariffs depending on negotiations with individual countries.
"I can't understand why someone would want to move forward with the pylons when the community would be willing to work with them to put the cables underground," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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