Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if you will

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.10 in modern English

Syllables: if y-ou will
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction.

adv

So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.

adv

Used in conceding a description or choice of terms.

Example Sentences

"But imagine, if you will, a world where these logistical problems were solved."
"These are "partial artifacts", if you will: the imaging process has merely amplified flaws that were already present in the original."
"Today's blackenization, if you will, of the prisons only exacerbates racist proclivities in nonblack Americans to associate black people with wrong."
"He wasn't a very honest person; a liar, if you will."

Frequently Paired Words

as it were in a way to an extent you said it

Synonyms

if you like

Questions

What does if you will mean?: Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction.

How to pronounce if you will

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