I'll

US, UK/aɪ̯l/US, UK/ɑːl/unstressed/əl/unstressed/ʌl/

contraction

I will.

Meanings

contraction

alternative I’l · alternative Ile · alternative I'le

  1. contractionI will.
  2. contractionI shall.

    These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you.

    1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 49, lines 430–431

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Sounds the same

aisleisleallawl (cot–caught merger)
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APA

I'll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll

MLA

“I'll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I'll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll.

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