we'll

See also: well, Well, and wëll

English

Alternative forms

• we'l (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of we will and we shall.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wēl,
• (UK) IPA^(key): /wiːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wil/, /wi.əl/

• Audio (US):

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• (unstressed form) IPA^(key): /wɪl/, /wəl/
• Homophones: weal; wheal, wheel (wine–whine merger); will (in some accents)
• Rhymes: -iːl, -ɪl

Contraction

we'll

1. we will
   • 1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:

     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' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."

2. we shall

See also

• he'll
• I'll
• she'll
• they'll
• we'd
• we're
• we've
• you'll