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- [wild]
- /wɪld/
- /wɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wild]
- /wɪld/
Definitions of willed word
- adjective willed having a will (usually used in combination): strong-willed; weak-willed. 1
- noun willed the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions: the freedom of the will. 1
- noun willed power of choosing one's own actions: to have a strong or a weak will. 1
- noun willed the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; volition: My hands are obedient to my will. 1
- noun willed wish or desire: to submit against one's will. 1
- noun willed purpose or determination, often hearty or stubborn determination; willfulness: to have the will to succeed. 1
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Origin of willed
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at will2, -ed3
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Parts of speech for Willed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
willed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
willed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for willed
adjective willed
- witting — knowing; aware; conscious.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- genealogical — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- unforced — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
Antonyms for willed
noun willed
- disliked — Simple past tense and past participle of dislike.
- hated — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
verb willed
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- forgot — a simple past tense and past participle of forget.
- neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- overlooked — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- replied — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
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