'll
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a contraction of will:
I'll answer the phone. He'll pay the check. What'll we do?
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contraction of till 1 (used when the preceding word ends in t ).
Wait'll your father comes home!
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Late Latin
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Lord Lieutenant
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Usage
See contraction.
Etymology
Origin of l.l.
From Latin locō laudātō
Example Sentences
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In one livestream, when asked about the finance major, he almost shouted: "How good a job you'll find has nothing to do with your grades… It all comes down to whether you have the right resources."
From BBC
And I did that a couple of times, and then stopped doing that and did theaters, and I decided for the last two specials I’m going to go to, when I shoot it, I’ll go to a music venue, and I was at the 40 Watt Club in Athens this last time, I was at the Metro in Chicago before that, both places I played on earlier tours, and, you know, it’s not seated.
From Los Angeles Times
And for the way we work now, because he lives in L.A. and I live in New York, and it’s been like that for a while, he’ll write a bunch of stuff, I’ll make notes, I’ll write my things, send it back.
From Los Angeles Times
I mean, I can see that she and her friends, who are kind of like-minded, are naturally funny, and then that’s kind of encouraging and heartwarming and they’re silly, but I’ll be long gone when that generation is is providing comedy.
From Los Angeles Times
I just went to Rory Scovel‘s taping last week of his latest special. I don’t know when that’ll air, but if you’ve seen the beginning to his first special, stuff like that where you’re like, “Wait, what’s happening?
From Los Angeles Times
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