Dictionary

'll en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [l̩]
• [ɫ̩]
• (Southern-England) audio
• [əl]
• /əl/
• [ɯ]
• [ʊ]
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

* Contraction of will. * Contraction of shall.

Meanings

1. (clitic, informal) Will, shall (marking the future tense or other modal sense).
   • I’ll kill anybody who touches my little sis.
   • Shake, shake the ketchup bottle / First none'll come, and then a lot'll. 1949, credited to Richard Willard Armour, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • A little dab’ll do ya!
   • The roast’ll be in the galley oven most of the day. Don't open the door to check on it. [Drack] 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Dinner Tonight: Fine Grunnien Roast, Fresh Vegetables:

Deriveds

there’ll · he’ll · we’ll · they’ll · I’ll · it’ll · she’ll · you’ll

Relateds

’d · ’m · ’s · ’ve · ’re