willingness
UK/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/
willingness noun: the state of being willing.
Noun
willingness (usually uncountable, plural willingnesses)
- The state of being willing
- All it takes is a willingness to learn.
- "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90
- Synonyms:
- goodwill
willingness meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
willingness in Marathi
- इच्छुकता
willingness in Urdu
- آمادگی, خوشی, رضامندی
willingness in Telugu
- సుముఖత
willingness in Malayalam
- willingness
- സന്നദ്ധത sannaddhata, മനസ്സ് manassŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- willingness in Kannada
- ಇಚ್ಛೆ, ಸಮ್ಮತಿ, ಅನುಮತಿ
- willingness in Punjabi
- ਤਿਆਰੀ tiārī
- willingness in Nepali
- इच्छाशक्ति
- willingness in Tagalog
- pagkamayloob
Examples of willingness in a sentence
- The perseverance of the saints is positive willedness, not mere passive willingness.
- And he has been mum on his willingness to do anything.
- Is an amateur sports club's willingness to pay influenced by its acceptance of Asport services?
Synonyms of willingness
Antonyms
Forms of willingness
| plural | willingnesses |
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Origin of willingness
From willing + -ness.
Words formed from willingness
Questions about willingness
- What does willingness mean?
- Willingness means the state of being willing.
- What is willingness in Marathi?
- Willingness in Marathi is इच्छुकता. See Willingness meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is willingness?
- Willingness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce willingness?
- Willingness is pronounced /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of willingness?
- The plural of willingness is willingnesses.
Words near willingness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: willingness (page history and authors); willingness (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willingness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); willingness (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മനസ്സ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); willingness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਿਆਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); willingness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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