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willing

[ wil-ing ]

adjective

  1. disposed or consenting; inclined:

    willing to go along.

    Synonyms:

  2. cheerfully consenting or ready:

    a willing worker.

  3. done, given, borne, used, etc., with cheerful readiness.


willing

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. favourably disposed or inclined; ready
  2. cheerfully or eagerly compliant
  3. done, given, accepted, etc, freely or voluntarily
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɾԲ, adverb
  • ˈɾԲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ɾ·Բ· adverb
  • ɾ·Բ·Ա noun
  • ··ɾ·Բ adjective
  • ·ɾ·Բ adjective
  • ܲ·-ɾ·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of willing1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; will 2, -ing 2
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“If we can improve the game a little bit, we’re always willing to do something like that.”

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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.

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“Unless you're willing to be a participant in these systems of compliance and distraction then you pose some kind of evident threat.”

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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.

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"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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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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