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verb (used with object)
1.
to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
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to desire (a person or thing) to be (as specified): to wish the problem settled.
3.
to entertain wishes, favorably or otherwise, for: to wish someone well; to wish someone ill.
4.
to bid, as in greeting or leave-taking: to wish someone a good morning.
5.
to request or charge: I wish him to come.
verb (used without object)
6.
to desire; long; yearn (often followed by for): Mother says I may go if I wish. I wished for a book.
7.
to make a wish: She wished more than she worked.
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Wishes
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noun
Verb phrase8.
an act or instance of wishing.
9.
a request or command: I was never forgiven for disregarding my father's wishes.
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something wished or desired: He got his wish—a new car.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English wisshen, Old English wȳscan; cognate with German wünschen, Old Norse æskja; akin to Old English wynn joy (see winsome), Latin venus charm (see Venus); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English wisshen, Old English wȳscan; cognate with German wünschen, Old Norse æskja; akin to Old English wynn joy (see winsome), Latin venus charm (see Venus); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
Related forms
wish·er, noun
wish·less, adjective
in·ter·wish, verb (used with object), noun
out·wish, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
1. crave. Wish, desire, want indicate a longing for something. To wish is to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal word, suggests a strong wish: They desire a new regime. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace. 5. direct, order. 12. will, want.
1. crave. Wish, desire, want indicate a longing for something. To wish is to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal word, suggests a strong wish: They desire a new regime. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace. 5. direct, order. 12. will, want.
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Word Origin & History
wish
O.E. wyscan "to wish," from P.Gmc. *wunskijanan (cf. O.N. æskja, Dan. ønske, Swed. önska, M.Du. wonscen, Du. wensen, O.H.G. wunsken, Ger. wunschen "to wish"), from PIE *wun-/*wen-/*won- "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cf. Skt. vanati "he desires, loves, wins," L. venus
EXPAND"love, sexual desire, loveliness," venerari "to worship;" see Venus). The noun is attested from c.1300. Wishful first recorded 1523. Wishful thinking is recorded from 1932; wish fulfillment (1901) translates Ger. wunscherfüllung (Freud, "Die Traumdeutung," 1900).
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