Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Of or relating to the volition or will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, not-comparable
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adj
Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
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adj
Expressing intention, hortation, supposition, or inclusive invitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: conjectural, hortative, presumptive, tentative
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noun
The volitional grammatical mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
A form of a word inflected for the volitional mood; a volitional form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
with deliberate intention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-influ. Proto-Italic *welō Latin volō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin volitiōbor. French volitionder. English volition English -al English volitional From volition + -al.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
