Willing - English meaning

adjective

Willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs.

Usage examples:

We always found the our local branch most accommodating

verb

(of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.

Usage examples:

The cottages accommodate up to six people

adjective

Quite enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.

Usage examples:

A cheerful and agreeable companion

adjective

Pleasant; pleasing

Usage examples:

She has an agreeable personality., we prefer to reach a solution agreeable to all interested partie…

adjective

Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

Usage examples:

Parents who have amenable children

verb

Leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

Usage examples:

He bequeathed his art collection to the town

verb

To give money or property to others after your death

Usage examples:

Her father bequeathed the business to her.

verb

To arrange for your money or property to be given to someone after your death

Usage examples:

Bequeath sb sth her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will., bequeath sth to sb picas…

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

adjective

Disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.

Usage examples:

A compliant labour force

adjective

Used to describe someone or something that obeys particular rules or laws

Usage examples:

Compliant with sth the company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compli…

verb

Give permission for something to happen.

Usage examples:

He consented to a search by a detective

noun

Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.

Usage examples:

No change may be made without the consent of all the partners

adjective

Agreeing to a particular activity by free choice, and considered able to do this, for example because of being old enough or able to think, understand, or communicate clearly

Usage examples:

Consenting adults (= people who are considered old enough to agree to something, especially sexual …

noun

An official order that has the force of law.

Usage examples:

The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly

verb

Order (something) by decree.

Usage examples:

The president decreed that the military was to be streamlined

noun

An order or statement of an official decision

Usage examples:

He refused to carry out the board’s decree., [ + that clause ] the olympic charter decrees that the…

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

adjective

Inclined or willing.

Usage examples:

James didn't seem disposed to take the hint

verb

Get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else.

Usage examples:

The waste is disposed of in the north sea

adjective

To have a specific feeling or opinion about someone or something

Usage examples:

We were always well disposed toward my uncle (= we liked him)., [ + to infinitive ] i didn’t feel d…

adjective

Strongly wanting to do or have something.

Usage examples:

The man was eager to please

adjective

Having or showing desire or interest

Usage examples:

Lots of eager volunteers responded to the appeal for help.

adjective

Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.

Usage examples:

He could be wildly enthusiastic about a project

adjective

Showing enthusiasm

Usage examples:

Enthusiastic about you don't seem very enthusiastic about the party - don't you want to go tonight?

noun

A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

Usage examples:

Wedding gifts

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

noun

Gamete intrafallopian transfer, a technique for assisting conception by introducing mixed ova and sperm into a fallopian tube.

Usage examples:

The first successful pregnancy conceived through gift occurred in 1984

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.

Usage examples:

Plastic pots that have enough give to accommodate the vigorous roots

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract

adjective

Feeling pleasure or happiness.

Usage examples:

I'm really glad to hear that

verb

Make happy; please.

Usage examples:

Albion's lessening shore could grieve or glad mine eye

noun

A gladiolus.

Usage examples:

The glads were planted in early spring

adjective

Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

Usage examples:

Melissa came in looking happy and excited

adjective

Feeling, showing, or causing pleasure or satisfaction

Usage examples:

To tell the truth, i’ve never been happier in my whole life., people want movies to have happy endi…

adjective

Leaning or turning away from the vertical or horizontal; sloping.

Usage examples:

An inclined ramp

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position

verb

Have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan.

Usage examples:

The company intends to cut 400 jobs

verb

To have as a plan or purpose

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] we intend to go to australia next year to visit our daughter., [ t ] the remark…

adjective

Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A keen gardener

verb

Wail in grief for a dead person.

Usage examples:

The body of johnny was taken by his own people who keened over him

noun

An irish funeral song accompanied by wailing in lamentation for the dead.

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun

Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

Joe was home on leave

adjective

Inclined to think in a particular way.

Usage examples:

Sustainability-minded professionals

verb

Be distressed, annoyed, or worried by.

Usage examples:

I don't mind the rain

suffix

Having a particular character, interest, or way of thinking about things

Usage examples:

She's very strong/independent-minded (= she has a very strong/independent character)., i don't imag…

adjective

Willing to do a service or kindness; helpful.

Usage examples:

One of the most obliging stewards

verb

Make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something.

Usage examples:

Doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery

adjective

Willing or eager to help

Usage examples:

An obliging neighbor helped her shovel the snow., she obligingly offered us a lift.

verb

Make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.

Usage examples:

He was ordained a minister before entering parliament

verb

To make someone officially a priest, minister, or rabbi in a religious ceremony

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

adjective

Feeling or showing pleasure and satisfaction, especially at an event or a situation.

Usage examples:

A pleased smile

verb

Cause to feel happy and satisfied.

Usage examples:

He arranged a fishing trip to please his son

adjective

Happy or satisfied

Usage examples:

A pleased expression, mom was not pleased when she saw my grades.

adjective

Made ready for use.

Usage examples:

He paints over the prepared canvas with brown acrylic to bring out the cracks

verb

Make (something) ready for use or consideration.

Usage examples:

Prepare a brief summary of the article

adjective

Ready to deal with a situation

Usage examples:

When she called on me, i wasn't prepared., they were prepared for the worst., the spokesperson read…

adjective

In a suitable state for an action or situation; fully prepared.

Usage examples:

Are you ready, carrie?

noun

Available money; cash.

Usage examples:

They, somehow, made readies available to keep their friend in the style to which he had become accu…

verb

Prepare (someone or something) for an activity or purpose.

Usage examples:

The spare transformer was readied for shipment

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

verb

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.

Usage examples:

We wished for peace

noun

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement