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In some senses, volitional is marked as formal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
volitional
/vəˈlɪʃənəl/
adj 3noun 2
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3ADJ.
future
VERB + VOLITIONAL
called
VOLITIONAL + NOUN
government
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to the volition or will.
Little by little the whole subject population of the world was fitted with the instruments of volitional control. The government was now practically omnipotent.
Stern and Karl Bühler noticed independently that a child’s first “No” has a volitional meaning and that the significance as a simple denial of fact appears several months afterwards.
2
Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.
“Loving on” someone—whether he likes it or not—posits love as a volitional activity, an act not of passion but of will.
3
Expressing intention, hortation, supposition, or inclusive invitation.
noun
1
The volitional grammatical mood.
2
A form of a word inflected for the volitional mood; a volitional form.
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Little by little the whole subject population of the world was fitted with the instruments of volitional control. The government was now practically omnipotent.
Wiktionary02
Stern and Karl Bühler noticed independently that a child’s first “No” has a volitional meaning and that the significance as a simple denial of fact appears several months afterwards.
Wiktionary03
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.
Wiktionary04
These are both called "future volitional" and include the intent of the subject.
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