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Definition: Willingness |
WillingnessNoun1. Cheerful compliance: "he expressed his willingness to help". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "willingness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
| Antonym: unwillingness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consent | Satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms; not refuse; turn a willing ear; (willingness); jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise. |
Desire | Mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity; willingness; liking, love, fondness, relish. |
Willingness | Noun: willingness, voluntariness; Adjective: willing mind, heart. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Willingness |
| English words defined with "willingness": arduous ♦ bounteousness, bounty ♦ competitiveness, complaisant, conspicuously ♦ devotion ♦ fight, forgiveness ♦ good humouredness, good naturedness, good-humoredness, good-temperedness ♦ helpful ♦ idolatry, invite ♦ nationalism ♦ obliging, openness ♦ patriotism ♦ receive, receptiveness, receptivity ♦ Self-devotion, Socratic irony, sporting, straining, strenuous, Subserviency ♦ take in, Teachableness, tolerance ♦ unhelpful ♦ veneration ♦ With a will, Wouldingness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "willingness": BARKIS, bytesexual ♦ Gretna Green Marriages ♦ INSURANCE ♦ leniency clause ♦ Open Conference ♦ Salutations, Self Disclosure ♦ Thigh. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The best thing you have going for you is your willingness to humiliate yourself (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) Your willingness to defy the universal odds is a disease that apparently we have all contracted (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Harry L. Barnes | What's right with America is a willingness to discuss what's wrong with America. |
Niccolo Machiavelli | Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. |
William T. Sherman | Courage -- a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. |
| I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It is understood that this must in no way prejudice the right of France to adjust her customs line in this region in conformity with her political frontier, as is done on the other portions of her territorial boundaries, and as was done by Switzerland long ago on her own boundaries in this region The French Government are pleased to note on this subject in what a friendly disposition the Swiss Government take this opportunity of declaring their willingness to consider any French proposal dealing with the system to be substituted for the present regime of the said free zones, which the French Government intend to formulate in the same friendly spirit. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Work, wages, bread, fire, courage, willingness, all fail him at once |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In men of all ages, erectile failure may diminish willingness to initiate sexual relationships because of fear of inadequate sexual performance or rejection. (references) | |
Additional information is needed on whether experiencing a false-positive mammogram may affect subsequent willingness to undergo future screening mammography at ages when it is of greatest benefit. (references) | ||
There is evidence that some patients have limited access to acupuncture services because of inability to pay. Insurance companies can decrease or remove financial barriers to access depending on their willingness to provide coverage for appropriate acupuncture services. (references) | ||
Business | With that come signs of greater willingness to pay for the means to a cleaner environment. (references) | |
As stated above, there is no shortage of interest or willingness to buy new and innovative products. (references) | ||
The value of the lira/euro has a direct impact on the willingness and ability of Italians to travel abroad. (references) | ||
Children | China | In areas where such orphanages operate, some state-run orphanages have exhibited a willingness to learn from them and to adopt some of their more modern practices. (references) |
Slovak Republic | A spokeswoman for an NGO dealing with persons with disabilities has stated that due to pressure from a number of NGO's and the willingness of the Dzurinda Government, accessibility has been improving, particularly regarding new construction; however, many barriers remained. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Brunei | The newspapers' willingness to publish these expressions of opinion represented a modest extension of press freedom. (references) |
Economic History | Vietnam | The GVN also has shown more willingness to allow them in certain sectors on a case-by-case basis. (references) |
Georgia | Recently the Government has displayed a greater willingness to pursue cases against corrupt officials. (references) | |
Brazil | Furthermore, importers and millers have stated a willingness to pay a premium for U.S. wheat, given its superior quality. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | The Government and the PNC showed decreased willingness to investigate, prosecute, or otherwise punish officers who committed abuses. (references) |
Brazil | With too few judges for the caseload, there are backlogs, and human rights groups note a lack of willingness by police to investigate fellow officers. (references) | |
Hungary | However, some sources attributed the increase in the numbers of reports of police abuse to a growing willingness to seek official redress in these instances. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | In Bolivar state, the Pemon indigenous people remain highly skeptical of the Government's willingness and ability to comply with its pledges related to the completion of power lines through the Canaima National Park. (references) |
Political Economy | West Bank | These issues have a major effect on the willingness of businesses to invest in WB/G. Of particular concern is the free flow of goods and workers both within WB/G and between these areas and Israel. (references) |
Venezuela | At the same time, in both statements and actions, he has on occasion shown a willingness to distance Venezuela from U.S. policies on key issues, e.g. by calling for an immediate end to the UN sanctions regime against Iraq. (references) | |
Political Rights | East Timor | In January 1999, the Government of Indonesia announced its willingness to consider broad-based autonomy or independence for East Timor, paving the way for a U.N.-sponsored agreement concluded between Indonesia and Portugal in May of that year. (references) |
Trade | India | The LI indicates Ex-Im's willingness to consider a financing offer if a sale is completed. (references) |
South Africa | The LI will be issued within seven business days and indicates Eximbank's willingness to finance a potential sale. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | This is indicative, not of the person's ability or willingness to work with foreign businesspeople, but of complexities behind the scenes and the fact that the apparent decision-maker does not always have the only say in negotiations. (references) |
Women | Bulgaria | There are liberal provisions for paid maternity leave; however, these actually may work against employers' willingness to hire and retain female employees. (references) |
Papua New Guinea | The willingness of some communities to settle incidents of rape through material compensation rather than criminal prosecution makes the crime difficult to combat. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | Employers often exploit workers' willingness to accept substandard conditions. (references) |
Yugoslavia | In general job security fears, which stem from the high rate of unemployment, limited workers' willingness to strike. (references) | |
Guinea | In a 1999 speech to workers at the Coyah water plant, President Conte spoke of the willingness of many unemployed workers to take the places of those who strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table. INSURANCE AGENT: My dear sir, that is a fine house -- pray let me insure it. HOUSE OWNER: With pleasure. Please make the annual premium so low that by the time when, according to the tables of your actuary, it will probably be destroyed by fire I will have paid you considerably less than the face of the policy. INSURANCE AGENT: O dear, no -- we could not afford to do that. We must fix the premium so that you will have paid more. HOUSE OWNER: How, then, can I afford that? INSURANCE AGENT: Why, your house may burn down at any time. There was Smith's house, for example, which -- HOUSE OWNER: Spare me -- there were Brown's house, on the contrary, and Jones's house, and Robinson's house, which -- INSURANCE AGENT: Spare me! HOUSE OWNER: Let us understand each other. You want me to pay you money on the supposition that something will occur previously to the time set by yourself for its occurrence. In other words, you expect me to bet that my house will not last so long as you say that it will probably last. INSURANCE AGENT: But if your house burns without insurance it will be a total loss. HOUSE OWNER: Beg your pardon -- by your own actuary's tables I shall probably have saved, when it burns, all the premiums I would otherwise have paid to you -- amounting to more than the face of the policy they would have bought. But suppose it to burn, uninsured, before the time upon which your figures are based. If I could not afford that, how could you if it were insured? INSURANCE AGENT: O, we should make ourselves whole from our luckier ventures with other clients. Virtually, they pay your loss. HOUSE OWNER: And virtually, then, don't I help to pay their losses? Are not their houses as likely as mine to burn before they have paid you as much as you must pay them? The case stands this way: you expect to take more money from your clients than you pay to them, do you not? INSURANCE AGENT: Certainly; if we did not -- HOUSE OWNER: I would not trust you with my money. Very well then. If it is certain, with reference to the whole body of your clients, that they lose money on you it is probable, with reference to any one of them, that he will. It is these individual probabilities that make the aggregate certainty. INSURANCE AGENT: I will not deny it -- but look at the figures in this pamph -- HOUSE OWNER: Heaven forbid! INSURANCE AGENT: You spoke of saving the premiums which you would otherwise pay to me. Will you not be more likely to squander them? We offer you an incentive to thrift. HOUSE OWNER: The willingness of A to take care of B's money is not peculiar to insurance, but as a charitable institution you command esteem. Deign to accept its expression from a Deserving Object. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | But it won't be long before tax increases are on the table and your patriotism is going to be linked to your willingness to support a hike or a cancellation. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Only as we show willingness and wisdom in giving counsel--in receiving counsel--and in sharing burdens, will we wisely perform the work of peace. |
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| "Willingness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Willingness" is used about 1,181 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,181 | 6,541 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "willingness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abinadab | N/A | Biblical | Of willingness |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "willingness": willingness to make peace. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "willingness": willingness-to-pay. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
willingness to pay | 5 |
willingness | 3 |
please tremendous willingness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "willingness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wil (be, be willing to, do want, want, will, wish, would). (various references) | |
Albanian | gatishmëri (celerity, complaisance, disposition, forwardness, mobility, preparedness, promptitude, readiness), dashje (will). (various references) | |
Arabic | إستعداد (aptitude, arrangement, fittings, forthcoming, predisposition, preparation, preparedness, readiness, ready), رغبة (craving, desire, device, disposition, hangnail, inclination, longing, lust, mind, readiness, stomach, will, wish). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | готовност (alacrity, avidity, eagerness, forwardness, goodwill, preparedness, readiness, trim), охота (appetite, desire, readiness, relish, zest), желание (desire, eagerness, fancy, notion, pleasure, stomach, will, wish). (various references) | |
Chinese | 自愿 (Voluntarily), 情願 (would rather). (various references) | |
Czech | ochota (alacrity, goodwill, promptitude, promptness, readiness). (various references) | |
Danish | vilje (will, wish). (various references) | |
Dutch | wil (want, wanted, will, wish). (various references) | |
Esperanto | volo (will, wish). (various references) | |
Finnish | taipuvaisuus (disposition, inclination, leaning, readiness, tendency), suostuvaisuus (readiness), halukkuus (eagerness, readiness), aulius (generosity, liberality), alttius (dedication, inclination, liability, predisposition, susceptibility). (various references) | |
French | volonté (will, will power, wish), gré (will, wish), empressement, bonne volonté. (various references) | |
German | Willigkeit, Bereitwilligkeit (alacrity, eagerness, promptness). (various references) | |
Greek | προθυμία (alacrity, eagerness, forwardness, gameness, neighborliness, neighbourliness, promptitude, promptness, readiness, towardness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כו ות (accuracy, alacrity, correctness, preparedness, readness, truth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajlandóság (inclination, leaning, notion, propensity, stomach, tendency). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vilji (will, wish). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kesediaan (availability, readiness). (various references) | |
Italian | volont (volition, will, wish). (various references) | |
Korean | 자발심. (various references) | |
Manx | arryltys (alacrity, readiness), aggindys (eagerness, earnestness, solicitation). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vilje (will, wish). (various references) | |
Papiamen | boluntat (will, wish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illingnessway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vontade (desirability, desire, disposal, fling, heartiness, mind, pleasure, volition, way, will, wish), voluntariedade, complacência (assentation, complaisance, compliance), boa vontade (benevolence, goodwill, readiness). (various references) | |
Romanian | voie (device, humor, humour, liberty, run, unwilling, will, wish), plãcere (amusement, delight, enjoyment, gusto, joy, liking, mind, palate, pleasure, pleasuring, prize, satisfaction, unction), consimţire (yes), bunãvoinţã (amiability, amicableness, benevolence, charity, clemency, condescension, friendliness, good will, goodwill, grace, graciousness, humanity, kindness, patronage, readiness, stoop), amabilitate (affability, amability, amiability, amiableness, blandness, civility, courteousness, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, kindness, obligingness, politeness). (various references) | |
Russian | готовность (alacrity, preparedness, readiness, trimness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | voljnost, spremnost (competence, competency, forwardness, preparedness, readiness). (various references) | |
Spanish | voluntad (mind, pleasure, volition, will, wish). (various references) | |
Sranan | wani (be willing to, want, will, wish). (various references) | |
Swedish | villighet (readiness), vilja (be willing to, care to, choose, have, intend, like, volition, want, will, wish), iver (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, application, Ardor, ardour, avidity, eagerness, excitement, fervency, fervor, fervour, forwardness, heat, urgency, zeal, zest), beredvillighet (alacrity, forwardness, readiness). (various references) | |
Turkish | isteyerek yapma (voluntariness), isteklilik, içinden gelme (spontaneity), gönüllülük (readiness, voluntariness), arzu (affect, appetence, appetency, appetite, aspiration, conation, craving, desire, hankering, hunger, intentness, longing, lust, maggot, passion, prurience, pruriency, rage, request, thirst, urge, want, will, wish, yearning, yen). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | готовність (alacrity, forwardness, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, readiness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự vui lòng sự sẵn s ng, sự sốt sắng sự tự nguyện thiện ý, sự bằng lòng (acquiescence, compliance, consent, content, contentedness, contentment). (various references) | |
Welsh | parodrwydd (alacrity, readiness), ewyllysgarwch. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | voluntas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "willingness": willingnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "willingness": unwillingness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "willingness": unwillingnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "willingness" (pronounced wi"lingnus) |
| 8 | w i" l i ng n u s | unwillingness. |
| 5 | -i ng n u s | nothingness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-l-l-n-n-s-s-w" | |
-2 letters: swellings. | |
-3 letters: enisling, ensiling, sinewing, snelling, swelling, swilling, swingles, wiliness, wingless. | |
-4 letters: ensigns, gillies, illness, innless, insigne, lensing, lignins, linings, nilling, seining, seising, selling, sensing, sewings, sillies, singles, slewing, swinges, swingle, welling, wigless, willies, willing, winless, wissing. | |
-5 letters: ensign, gillie, gneiss, ingles, isling, lignin, lilies, linens, lining, linins, lisles, nielli, niseis, seisin, sewing, sigils. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-l-l-n-n-s-s-w" | |
+2 letters: unwillingness, willingnesses. | |
+4 letters: unwillingnesses. | |
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