there'll

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðɛəɹl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ðɛəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ðɛɹl/, /ðeɹl/, /ðɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)l, -ɛ(ɹ)l, -eɹl

Contraction

there'll

(colloquial) Contraction of there will.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”
- 1945, J. B. Priestley, chapter 3, in An Inspector Calls:
  “Most of this is bound to come out. There'll be a public scandal”
There'll be hell to pay if you don't.

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