Used to express desire or intent, Used in the main clause of a conditional statement to express a possibility or likelihood, Used to indicate uncertainty, imperative_ Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d will, verb_ As a past-tense form of will, As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will,

To make easy or easier, To lead (a discussion), as by asking questions, mediating between opposing viewpoints, or ensuring that all participants' views are heard, verb_ To make easy or easier, increase the likelihood of (a response), be of use

In an easy manner; with ease, indicating high probability; in all likelihood, without question,

The likelihood that a given event will occur, The state or character of being probable; likelihood; appearance of truth; that state of a case or question of fact which results from superior evidence or preponderation of argument on one side, inclining the mind to receive that as the truth, but leaving some room for doubt, Anything that has the appearance of reality or truth

Used to indicate probability or likelihood, Used to indicate advisability or prudence, Indicating advisability or prudence, adverb Alternative spelling of aught. at all, to any degree, noun_ A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted to what is the case, Alternative spelling of aught. cipher, zero, nought, pronoun_ Alternative spelling of aught. anything

Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio, The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations, the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring, noun plural_ The ratio of the probability of an event's occurring to the probability of its not occurring, A certain number of points given beforehand to a weaker side in a contest to equalize the chances of all participants, An amount or degree by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another

A property of verbs in which the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed, An instance or spell of sulking or angry behavior, Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See mode which is the preferable form)

The state of being probable; probability, Something probable, The state of being likely or probable; probability; likeliness; promise, The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable