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Willing — ist ein Ortsname: Willing (Bad Aibling), Ortsteil der Stadt Bad Aibling, Landkreis Rosenheim, Bayern Willing (Kienberg), Ortsteil der Gemeinde Kienberg, Landkreis Traunstein, Bayern Willing (Osterhofen), Ortsteil der Stadt Osterhofen, Landkreis… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Willing — Will ing, a. [From {Will}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. [1913 Webster] Felix, willing to show … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
willing — I (desirous) adjective assenting, disposed, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, partial to, ready, volitional, zealous II (not averse) adjective acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, content, consenting, fain, favorably inclined, favorable,… … Law dictionary
willing — O.E. willendliche; see WILL (Cf. will) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
willing — *voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willful Analogous words: prone, open (see LIABLE): inclined, predisposed, disposed (see INCLINE vb) Antonyms: unwilling Contrasted words: reluctant, loath, *disinclined, indisposed, averse … New Dictionary of Synonyms
willing — [adj] agreeable, ready accommodating, active, amenable, cheerful, compliant, consenting, content, deliberate, desirous, disposed, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, fair, favorable, feeling, forward, game, go along with, happy, in accord with,… … New thesaurus
willing — ► ADJECTIVE 1) ready, eager, or prepared to do something. 2) given or done readily. DERIVATIVES willingly adverb willingness noun … English terms dictionary
willing — [wil′iŋ] adj. [ME < OE willung < willian, to WILL1, v.] 1. favorably disposed or consenting (to do something specified or implied) 2. acting, giving, etc. readily and cheerfully 3. done, given, etc. readily or gladly; voluntary willingly… … English World dictionary
willing — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, prove, seem ▪ They appear willing to talk to us. ▪ find sb ▪ She finally find someone willing to lend her some money … Collocations dictionary
willing — [[t]wɪ̱lɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to inf If someone is willing to do something, they are fairly happy about doing it and will do it if they are asked or required to do it. The military now say they re willing to hold talks with the… … English dictionary
willing — will|ing W3S2 [ˈwılıŋ] adj 1.) [not before noun] prepared to do something, or having no reason to not want to do it willing to do sth ▪ How much are they willing to pay? quite/perfectly willing ▪ I told them I was perfectly willing to help. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
