we'll

UK/wiːl/US/wil/US/wi.əl/unstressed/wɪl/

contraction

we will

Meanings

we'll1

contraction

alternative we'l

  1. contractionwe will
    1 more example

    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."

    1957 May 28, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
  2. contractionwe shall

we'll2

adverbwe'll (comparative better, superlative best)

comparative better · superlative best · alternative we'l

  1. misspellingMisspelling of well.

    They'd have to to^([sic]) be able to work together so we'll.

    2026 July 16, u/casualcretin, r/BeAmazed (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

Origin

we'll · contraction

Contraction of we will and we shall.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with we'll

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Sounds the same

wealwhealwheel (wine–whine merger)will (in some accents)
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Chicago

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