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Definition: Willing |
WillingAdjective1. Disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers". 2. Not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced". 3. Disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew 26:41. Noun1. The act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "willing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Willing is a town located in Allegany County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,371.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 94.0 km² (36.3 mi²). 93.9 km² (36.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,371 people, 538 households, and 411 families residing in the town. The population density is 14.6/km² (37.8/mi²). There are 648 housing units at an average density of 6.9/km² (17.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.18% White, 0.07% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 538 households out of which 29.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% are non-families. 20.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.55 and the average family size is 2.90. In the town the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $35,859, and the median income for a family is $39,737. Males have a median income of $34,375 versus $19,917 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,109. 14.9% of the population and 9.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 18.6% are under the age of 18 and 12.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Willing, New York."
Synonyms: WillingSynonyms: amenable (adj), uncoerced (adj), unforced (adj), volition (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unwilling (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assent | Adjective: assenting; v; of one accord, of one mind; of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content; willing. |
Consent | Satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms; not refuse; turn a willing ear; (willingness); jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise. |
Desire | Have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart; (be willing); have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon; covet. |
Adjective: desirous; desiring; Verb: inclined; (willing); partial to; fain, wishful, optative; anxious, wistful, curious; at a loss for, sedulous, solicitous. craving, hungry, sharp-set, peckish, ravening, with an empty stomach, esurient, lickerish, thirsty, athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger, famished, dry, drouthy; hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear. | |
Impotence | Phrase: der kranke Mann; "desirous still but impotent to rise"; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. |
Intention | Project; (plan); have a mind to; (be willing); desire; pursue. |
Necessity | Adverb: necessarily; adVerb: of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei; needs must; perforce; nolens volens; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute. |
Possibility | If possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente, D. Verb:; as luck may have it. |
Qualification | Phrase: "if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't rise"; catch-. |
Refusal | Adjective: refusing; Verb: restive, restiff; recusant; uncomplying, unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to. |
Willingness | Verb: be willing; Adjective: incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire. |
Noun: willingness, voluntariness; Adjective: willing mind, heart. | |
Adjective: willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable; favorably-minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed; nothing loth; in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) By doing this, you're willing to give your life, you're willing to die for it. Why (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Somebody who taught me that there are people willing to stick up for other people no matter what it costs them (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.) I am willing to trade my life for his. I am smart, and I am willing, and that is all it takes (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire) You. And she's willing to pay as high as 50 francs (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) | |
Lyrics | She was willing and that's all there is to say (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special) I'm only willing to hear you cry (An Innocent Man; performing artist: Billy Joel) If you're ready, I'm willing and able (Lay Your Hands On Me; performing artist: Bon Jovi) This time I'm willing to dance on the wire (If I Fall You're Going Down With Me; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) But night after night you're willing to hold her, (New Kid In Town; performing artist: EAGLES) | |
Clever | People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases. (references; author: Mark Twain) There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it. (references; author: Mark Twain) Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. (references; author: unknown) If you are willing to admit you are wrong when you are wrong, you are all right. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Wild and the Willing (1962) Willing Hands (1944) Young and Willing (1943) The Lady Is Willing (1942) Willing But Unable Ready (1941) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wiley's willing sacrificers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 'OK, I'm ready and willing to carry this out'. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Willing blood donors await their turn to aid America's fighting men as the Red Cross blood donor mobile unit makes a visit to San Quentin. The men are waiting before the prison pharmacy in the San Quentin hospital. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Astor, John J., Mrs. (Ava Willing), portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | War clouds gather! "Manhood willing but unarmed," help the navy - join the navy league / / Hazel Roberts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Goliath at last willing to talk to David. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fierce-bound, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers, head bowed, like a willing ox, I serve the children. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Free abortion on demand : every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother : confront Ottawa Feb. 13. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Douglas Macarthur | Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live. |
Elbert Hubbard | Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. |
John Heywood | Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. |
Samuel Johnson | I am willing to love all mankind, except an American. |
Seneca | The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. |
| Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. | |
Sextus Aurelius Propertius | Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. |
Thomas p Kempis | Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No constable shall compel any knight to give money in lieu of castle-guard, when he is willing to perform it in his own person, or (if he himself cannot do it from any reasonable cause) then by another responsible man. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | This makes him willing to quit a condition, which, however free, is full of fears and continual dangers: and it is not without reason, that he seeks out, and is willing to join in society with others, who are already united, or have a mind to unite, for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties and estates, which I call by the general name, property. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The best method of giving practical effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations who by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position can best undertake this responsibility, and who are willing to accept it, and that this tutelage should be exercised by them as Mandatories on behalf of the League. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | Children yet, the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was one of the willing ones |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Then, in the name of God and all these rights, Advance your standards, draw your willing swords |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | She then asked my master whether he were willing to sell me at a good price |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It requires so much closer attention to the habits of the birds, that, if for that reason only, I have been willing to omit the gun. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many consumers are quite willing to buy irradiated foods. (references) | |
Part II is intended for those willing to invest many hours of hard work and study. (references) | ||
During that wait, patients often are willing to undergo treatments whose effectiveness has not been proven. (references) | ||
Business | Buyers are willing to pay higher prices for high quality merchandise. (references) | |
Customers are willing to pay considerably more for naturally treated or backed carpets. (references) | ||
They should be willing to partner with well- established Italian firms for cooperative agreements. (references) | ||
Children | Burkina Faso | Persons with disabilities who are willing and able to work frequently find it difficult to find employment, including in government service, because of deeply entrenched social attitudes which hold that persons with disabilities should be under the care of their family and should not enter the workforce. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Yugoslavia | The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was in the process of identifying municipalities willing to cooperate in a program for resettling the Roma in more adequate living quarters. (references) |
Pakistan | The Government approved some public political gatherings, including a meeting in March of those Pakistan Muslim League members willing to reject publicly former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as their party leader. (references) | |
Economic History | Portugal | They are willing to pay a higher price for quality. (references) |
Brazil | President Cardoso has been willing to discuss race relations frankly. (references) | |
Germany | German pet owners are willing to pay premiums to properly feed their pets. (references) | |
Human Rights | Iceland | The courts have been less willing to allow continued solitary confinement after that time. (references) |
Korea | Government officials generally have been willing to meet with international human rights groups. (references) | |
China | Defendants frequently have found it difficult to find an attorney willing to handle sensitive political cases. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | The Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Directorate reported that a prosecutor in Lomas de Zamora, Manuel Devoto, was investigating the case but that of the many witnesses to the incident, including a number of railroad employees, only one has been willing to testify. (references) |
Political Economy | Burma | These are early but positive signs that the regime may be willing to move toward national reconciliation in the talks. (references) |
Trade | Nepal | Banks are only willing to lend short term but will consider loans with terms up to five years. (references) |
Travel | Egypt | However, it is our experience that they are willing to compromise on this issue. (references) |
Yemen | The use of the phrase "Inshallah" (God willing) should not be interpreted as approval or agreement. (references) | |
Bahamas | Some taxi drivers are willing, for a prearranged fee, to spend the entire day with a single customer. (references) | |
Women | Egypt | In January 2000, the Parliament passed a new Personal Status Law that made it easier for a Muslim woman to obtain a divorce without her husband's consent, provided that she is willing to forego alimony and the return of her dowry. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Another NGO, Winrock International, which helps develop women's organizations in the country, agreed with the conclusions of the study but noted that public officials were willing to speak openly about the problem of domestic violence. (references) | |
Bulgaria | However, observers believe that the actual incidents of each form of violence is much higher, as these represent only those cases in which the victims (or, in some trafficking cases, an overseas women's group) were willing and able to contact AAF. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Djibouti | Workers rarely protest, mainly due to fear that others willing to accept the risks may replace them. (references) |
Poland | At times La Strada is able to put victims in touch with lawyers who are willing to provide free services. (references) | |
Guatemala | However, few workers are willing to jeopardize their jobs by complaining about unsafe working conditions. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | You know, Don Evans artfully ducked the Harvey Pitt question. But my favorite answer was, when asked what unpopular positions George Bush has taken, he said, he was willing to stand up for steel workers. |
Ann Richards | I want them to tell us what they know. If they do have the stuff, if the president has information that we need to have to know if we should wage war and be willing to send our children to die in it, they ought to tell us what is there. |
Donald Rumsfeld | There's just so many people in that part of the world who would like to shove Israel into the sea and not have it be there. And until people are willing to accept the presence of Israel, Israel, obviously, is not going to be able to make a deal. |
Laura Schlessinger | Well, I often wonder how you can look into the eyes of someone you say you love, see the pain, and not be willing to be introspective. Introspection is tough. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Democratic Party is willing, in the form of a presidential campaign, to subordinate our sovereignty to a bunch of nations and tinhorn dictators. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | Some new things, as we look frankly upon them, willing to comprehend their real character, have come to assume the aspect of things long believed in and familiar, stuff of our own convictions. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to help them build new bulwarks of freedom. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor and the hungry. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I am willing to work to resolve our remaining differences. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Again, I repeat, we're willing to spend more money. |
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| "Willing" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.36% of the time. "Willing" is used about 3,917 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.36% | 3,892 | 2,511 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 0.61% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,917 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "willing" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Willing | Last name | 300 | 28,107 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "willing". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahinadab | N/A | Biblical | A willing brother |
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Expressions using "willing": be willing ♦ be willing to do ♦ be willing to help smb. ♦ god willing ♦ not willing to hear of ♦ spur a willing horse ♦ the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ♦ willing and able ♦ willing mind ♦ willing or unwilling ♦ willing to be of service ♦ willing to help. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "willing": willing-like. | |
Ending with "willing": bed-willing, groom-willing, more-than-willing, over-willing. | |
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| Language | Translations for "willing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bereidvaardig (kind, obliging, ready). (various references) | |
Albanian | i vullnetshëm (volitional, voluntary), i gjindshëm (accommodating, complaisant, helpful, officious), i gatshëm (agreeable, available, content, fain, fit, forthcoming, forward, game, glad, inclined, off the peg, predisposed, prepared, ready, ready made, ready to wear, ready-for-service, wishful). (various references) | |
Arabic | مستعد (all set, fit, pat, prepared, ready), طوعي (voluntary), إرادي (voluntary), راغب (interested). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | склонен (affected, given, inclinable, inclined, intent, minded, prone, ready, set, subject, willed), готов да се подчинява, готов да помага, охотен (cheerful, ready, zesty), благоразположен (inclinable, sympathetic, well disposed, well-affected), проявяващ желание, даден от все сърце. (various references) | |
Chinese | 愿 (sincere). (various references) | |
Czech | svolný (agreeable), ochotný (accommodating, compliant, forthcoming, helpful, obliging, ready, ungrudging). (various references) | |
Danish | ville (be willing to, want, wish, would). (various references) | |
Dutch | gewillig (obedient, voluntary). (various references) | |
Esperanto | volonta (voluntary), servopreta (obliging, ready), memvola. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vilja (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
Finnish | suostuvainen (inclined, ready), halukas (disposed, inclined, ready), haluinen (disposed, inclined, ready), aulis (bounteous, generous, liberal, ready), altis (devoted, disposed, inclined, liable, sensitive, susceptible). (various references) | |
French | volontaire (self willed). (various references) | |
Frisian | wolle (be willing to, to want, want, wish). (various references) | |
German | bereitwillig (eager, kind, obliging, prompt, readily, ungrudging, ungrudgingly, unhesitant, unhesitating, willingly), wollend (intending, wishing), willig (ready, willed). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόθυμοσ (complaisant, eager, forward, game, neighborly, neighbourly, officious, prompt, ready), πρόθυμος (eager), εκούσιοσ (voluntary), επιθυμών (desirous, desirous of, longing, wisher, wishful). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | dua (appreciate, be willing to, like, love, want, wish). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוכן (all set, already, bound, made, prepared, prompt, ready, set), חפץ (article, delight, desire, object, thing, wanting, wish), רוצ", רצע (subjugated). (various references) | |
Hungarian | készséges (accommodating, forthcoming, helpful, responsive, well-minded, whole-hearted, whole-souled), hajlandó (content, disposed, minded, ready, to be game), önkéntes (free will, unasked for, unbidden, voluntary, volunteer). (various references) | |
Icelandic | reiðubúinn (obliging, ready). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sedia (available, ready), mau (want), bersedia (be ready, disposed (to), prepared). (various references) | |
Irish | ullamh (finished, ready, through). (various references) | |
Italian | disposto (affected, apt, disposed, inclined, minded, prepared, prone, ready). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 気さく (candid, frank, good humored, openhearted, ready, sociable). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きさく (candid, clever scheme, frank, good humored, openhearted, ready, sociable). (various references) | |
Korean | 의도. (various references) | |
Malay | mau (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
Manx | joinagh (intentional, remote, spontaneous, voluntary, wilful), bwooiagh, booiagh (agreeable, contented, pleased), arryltagh (ready, spontaneous, voluntary, volunteer), aignagh, aggindagh (eager). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ville (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kier (be willing to, love, want, wish), kiè (be willing to, love, want, wish), ke (be willing to, love, want, wish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illingway.(various references) | |
Polish | chętny (voluntary). (various references) | |
Portuguese | solícito (solicitous), querer (desire, feel like, like, list, love, want, will, wish), propenso (inclinable, leaning, minded, ready), espontâneo (cavalier, free, matter-of-course, natural, offhand, offhanded, self-sown, spontaneous, unasked, unbidden, unconstrained, unlaboured, unpremeditated, unprompted, unsought, unstrained, unstudied, untaught), disposto (content, disposed, forward, game, inclinable, minded, organized, prepared, ready, through), de boa vontade (gladly, lief, readily), com vontade (heartily, like a shot). (various references) | |
Romanian | voitor, serviabil (accommodating, helpful, obliging), fãcut cu dragã inimã, dispus (arranged, content, in the mood for, inclinable, inclined, lively, minded, ready). (various references) | |
Russian | старательный (careful, diligent, painstaking), готовый (fit, forward, get ready, hand-me-down, made, mature, off the peg, off-the-shelf, prepared, reach, ready, ready made, ready to, ready to wear, ready-for-service, ready-made), добровольный (ex gratia, free, freewill, free-will, spontaneous, unasked, unbidden, voluntary). (various references) | |
Scottish | togarrach (keen). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | voljan (game, minded, ready, voluntary), spreman (pat, prepared, present, prompt, ready, ready-for-service, set), rad (business, labor, labour, open, running, work, working). (various references) | |
Spanish | liberal (generous, lavish, learned, learner, liberal, unhesitant), dispuesto a (agreeable to, apt), dispuesto (all set, disposed, minded, prepared, ready, set, unposted), deseoso (anxious, desirous, wishful), complaciente (accommodating, accommodatingly, compliant, indulgent, obliging, pleasant, yielding). (various references) | |
Sranan | wani (be willing to, want, will, willingness, wish). (various references) | |
Swedish | villig (agreeable), beredvillig (ready). (various references) | |
Turkish | razı (agreeable, consentient, content, contented, ready), istekli (agog, ambitious, anxious, applicant, aspirant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itching, itchy, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, thirsty, voracious, wishful, wistful), hazır (agreeable, at hand, available, content, cut and dried, disposed, finished, forthcoming, forward, game, go, handy, in the mood for, in train, officinal, on, on hand, on one's mettle, on tap, operational, prepared, present, prompt, quick, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, readymade, ripe, snappy, stand by, up for), gönüllü (ready, voluntary, volunteer), gönülden, candan (bluff, candid, companionable, cordial, cordially, deep-felt, genially, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, open armed, open-hearted, personable, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, whole-hearted, with open arms). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старанний (affectionate, assiduous, careful, diligent, duteous, operose, painstaking, particular, scholarly, searching, sedulous, studious), радий (glad), готовий (finished, game, game for smth., hand-me-down, minded, officinal, prepared, provided, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, ready to wear, ready-cooked, ready-for-service, ripe), вольовий (forceful, willed), охочий, добровільний (free, freewill, gratuitous, spontaneous, unbidden, voluntary, volunteer). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vui lòng; muốn sẵn s ng, sẵn lòng tự nguyện, quyết tâm có thiện ý, hay giúp đỡ, bằng lòng (acquiescent, approving, assentient, consentient, content, contented). (various references) | |
Welsh | ystig (diligent, obliging), ewyllysgar (obliging), bodlon (content). (various references) | |
Yucatec | taak (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
Zulu | -funa (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libens, libentissime, prompta, prompti, promptiores, promptissima, prompto, promptum, promptus, volens, volensque, volente, volentes, volenti, volentibus, volentis, voluntaria, voluntariam, voluntarie, voluntarii, voluntario, voluntarium, voluntarius. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | fraoret. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | spontaneus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Palin oun o pilatoV prosefwnhsen qelwn apolusai ton ihsoun |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iterum autem Pilatus locutus est ad illos volens dimittere Iesum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Eft spæc pilatus to him and wolde forlætan þæne hælend; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And eftsoone Pilat spak to hem, and wolde delyuer Jhesu. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Pylate spake agayne to them willynge to let Iesus lowse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Pilato misulti kanila pag-usab, nga buot niyang buhian si Jesus; |
| Chinese | 彼 拉 多 願 意 釋 " 耶 穌 、 就 又 勸 解 他 們 ． |
| Croatian | Pilat im stoga ponovno progovori hoteæi osloboditi Isusa. |
| Danish | Og atter talte Pilatus til dem, da han gerne vilde løslade Jesus. |
| Dutch | Pilatus dan riep hun wederom toe, willende Jezus loslaten. |
| Finnish | Niin Pilatus taas puhui heille, koska hän tahtoi päästää Jeesuksen irti. |
| French | Pilate leur parla de nouveau, dans l`intention de relâcher Jésus. |
| German | Da rief Pilatus abermals ihnen zu und wollte Jesum loslassen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pilatus mau melepaskan Yesus, sebab itu ia berbicara sekali lagi kepada orang banyak itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekali lagi Pilatus berkata kepada mereka itu, sebab maksudnya hendak melepaskan Yesus. |
| Maori | Na ka mea atu ano a Pirato, he mea hoki nana kia tukua a Ihu; |
| Norwegian | Pilatus talte da atter til dem, fordi han gjerne vilde gi Jesus fri. |
| Portuguese | Mais uma vez, pois, falou-lhes Pilatos, querendo soltar a Jesus. |
| Rumanian | Pilat le -a vorbit din nou, cu gknd sq dea drumul lui Isus. |
| Shuar | Piratuka Jesusan akupkattsa wakerak ataksha aentsun áujsarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Pilato alitaka kumwachilia Yesu, hivyo akasema nao tena; |
| Swedish | Åter talade Pilatus till dem, ty han önskade att kunna giva Jesus lös. |
| Uma | Jadi', apa' Pilatus doko' mpobahaka Yesus, toe pai' mololita tena-i hi ntodea. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "willing": willinger, willingest, willingly, willingness, willingnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "willing": outwilling, swilling, twilling, unwilling. (additional references) | |
Words containing "willing": twillings, unwillingly, unwillingness, unwillingnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Willing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wallng, Wellent, wellinbg, wellming, whillians, wilig, willen, willin, willings, wirling, wyling, zwilling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "willing" (pronounced wi"ling) |
| 5 | w i" l i ng | quilling, swilling, unwilling. |
| 4 | -i" l i ng | billing, chilling, distilling, drilling, filling, fulfilling, grilling, hilling, instilling, killing, milling, Pilling, rilling, Schilling, shilling, skilling, spilling, thrilling, Tilling, trilling, yearling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-l-n-w" | |
-1 letter: wiling. | |
-3 letters: gill, ling, nill, will, wing. | |
-4 letters: gin, ill, lin, nil, wig, win. | |
-5 letters: in, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-l-n-w" | |
+1 letter: swilling, twilling, wildling, willying. | |
+2 letters: billowing, inwalling, pillowing, twillings, unwilling, wildlings, willinger, willingly, willowing. | |
+3 letters: indwelling, outwilling, swirlingly, swivelling, willingest. | |
+4 letters: disallowing, firewalling, unwillingly, wildfowling, willingness, windmilling. | |
+5 letters: bullwhipping, disbowelling, wildfowlings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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