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# twill

«twill» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

contraction (old use: 'twill)

### meaning for a pupil

'Twill is an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twill/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a shortened way of saying «it will», as in «'twill break my heart»

### examples

- If I must part from him, 'twill break my heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twill/#x1)
- 'Twill be to your profit if you agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twill/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «twill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.