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we'll

UK/wiːl//wil/

we'll contraction: we will. Also the misspelling of well.

Contraction

we'll

  1. (contraction) we will
    • Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t'...1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
  2. (contraction) we shall

Also used as

we'll is also the misspelling of well.

Forms of we'll

Contraction
alternative formwe'l
Adverb
comparativebetter
superlativebest

Origin of we'll

Contraction of we will and we shall.

From well.

Phrases with we'll

Words that rhyme with we'll

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Questions about we'll

What does we'll mean?
We'll means we will.
What part of speech is we'll?
We'll is a contraction.
How do you pronounce we'll?
We'll is pronounced /wiːl/ (UK).

Words near we'll in the dictionary

  1. we wuz kangz n shiet
  2. we'd
  3. we'd've
  4. we'ins
  5. we'l
  6. we'll
  7. we'll 'it
  8. we'll've
  9. we're
  10. we'ren't
  11. we's

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