willingness

English

Etymology

From willing +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/

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Noun

willingness (usually uncountable, plural willingnesses)

1. The state of being willing

   All it takes is a willingness to learn.

   • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:

     " […] and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […] "

Antonyms

• unwillingness

Translations

state of being willing

• Armenian: պատրաստակամություն (hy) (patrastakamutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: охота (bg) f (ohota)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 願意／愿意 (zh) (yuànyi)

• Czech: ochota (cs) f
• Danish: villighed
• Finnish: halukkuus (fi)
• Galician: disposición (gl) f
• German: Willigkeit f, Bereitschaft (de) f
• Irish: sástacht f
• Italian: volontà (it), disponibilità (it)
• Macedonian: же́лба (mk) f (žélba), во́лја f (vólja), подго́твеност f (podgótvenost), спре́мност f (sprémnost)
• Manx: arryltys m, arryltid m, aggindys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: villighet (no) m or f

• Polish: chęć (pl) f, ochota (pl) f
• Portuguese: disposição (pt) f, (Brazil) boa vontade f
• Romanian: voință (ro) f
• Tagalog: pagkamayloob
• Turkish: gönüllülük (tr)