Wish

  • 11wish — ► VERB 1) desire something that cannot or probably will not happen. 2) want to do something. 3) ask (someone) to do something or that (something) be done. 4) express a hope that (someone) has (happiness, success, etc.). 5) (wish on) hope that… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12wish — verb. The use with a simple direct object • (Would you wish a little more hot water, ma am Dickens, 1854) has been replaced in BrE by like, but is still said to be current in AmE …

    Modern English usage

  • 13wish — [n] desire ambition, aspiration, choice, disposition, hankering, hope, hunger, inclination, intention, invocation, itch, liking, longing, pleasure, prayer, preference, request, thirst, urge, want, whim, will, yearning, yen; concepts 20,709 Ant.… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14wish — index conatus, desire, end (intent), market (demand), predisposition, purpose, request …

    Law dictionary

  • 15wish — vb *desire, want, crave, covet Analogous words: *long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst: aspire, pant, *aim: hope, *expect Contrasted words: spurn, refuse, *decline, reject, repudiate: scorn, * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16wish|a — «WIHSH uh», interjection. Irish. an exclamation especially of surprise or regret …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17wish — wish1 W1S1 [wıʃ] v [: Old English; Origin: wyscan] 1.) [I and T] formal if you wish to do something or you wish to have it done for you, you want to do it or want to have it done = ↑like wish to do sth ▪ I wish to make a complaint. ▪ If you wish… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18wish — 1 /wIS/ verb 1 WANT STH IMPOSSIBLE (T) to want something to be true although you know it is either impossible or unlikely: wish (that): I wish I didn t have to go to work today. | wish to goodness spoken (=wish very much): I wish to goodness they …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19wish — wish1 [ wıʃ ] verb *** 1. ) transitive wish (that) to want something to happen although it is unlikely: I wish I was rich! Andy wished that he could think of a way to help. I wish Beth would stop trying to be so nice. a ) used for saying that you …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20wish — I n. desire 1) to make a wish 2) to fulfill, realize a wish 3) to get one s wish 4) to express a wish 5) to respect smb. s wish 6) a fervent, strong; unfulfilled wish 7) the death wish 8) a wish for (a wish for peace) 9) a w …

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