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Wish Definition

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English

Etymology

From Old English wȳscan.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

wish (plural wishes)

  1. a will for something to happen.
    Your dearest wish will come true.
    • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
      "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
  2. (Sussex) a water meadow.

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Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "wish"

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Verb

wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)

  1. (with for) to hope (for a particular outcome)
    • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
      Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
  2. (ditransitive) to bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something)
    We wish you a Merry Christmas.
  3. To request or desire to do an activity.
    I wish to complain.

Usage notes

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb "wish"

Translations

to hope for an outcome
  • Albanian: please add this translation if you can
  • Arabic: تَمَنّى (támánna), رَجَا (raja), أَمَلَ (amala)
  • Armenian: ցանկանալ hy(hy) (c'ankanal)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 願望 cmn(cmn), 愿望 cmn(cmn) (yuànwàng), 希望 cmn(cmn) (xīwàng), 但願 cmn(cmn), 但愿 cmn(cmn) (dànyuàn)
  • Croatian: željeti hr(hr)
  • Czech: přát si, přát
  • Danish: ønske da(da)
  • Dutch: wensen nl(nl), willen nl(nl)
  • Estonian: soovima et(et)
  • Finnish: toivoa fi(fi)
  • French: souhaiter fr(fr), espérer fr(fr)
  • Georgian: წადილი (ts‘adili), ნდომა (ndoma), ნატვრა (natvra)
  • German: wünschen de(de)
  • Greek: εύχομαι (éfkhome)
  • Hawaiian: makemake
  • Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
  • Hindi: please add this translation if you can
  • Hungarian: kíván hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: óska is(is)
  • Indonesian: harapan, keinginan
  • Irish: santaigh
  • Italian: volere it(it), desiderare it(it)
  • Japanese: 願う (ねがう, negau), 祈る ja(ja) (inoru), 欲する ja(ja) (hossuru)
  • Korean: 빌다 (bilda), 바라다 (barada), 원하다 (wonhada)
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: خواز ku(ku) (xwaz)
  • Latin: volō la(la)
  • Latvian: vēlēties
  • Lithuanian: norėti lt(lt)
  • Macedonian: посакува mk(mk) (posákuva), сака mk(mk) (sáka)
  • Maltese: tixtieq mt(mt)
  • Maori: please add this translation if you can
  • Mongolian: хүсэх mn(mn) (hüseh)
  • Old English: willan ang(ang)
  • Polish: życzyć pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: desejar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: dori ro(ro)
  • Russian: желать ru(ru) (želát’)
  • Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
  • Slovak: please add this translation if you can
  • Slovene: željo
  • Spanish: desear es(es)
  • Swedish: önska sv(sv)
  • Tamil: please add this translation if you can
  • Telugu: అభిలషించు (abhlashiMchu), కోరు (kOru)
  • Thai: ประสงค์ (bprà-sŏng)
  • Turkish: istemek tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: побажати (pobazhati)
  • Urdu: please add this translation if you can
  • Vietnamese: cầu mong
  • Welsh: dymuno
  • Yiddish: ווינטשן (vintshn)
  • Persian: please add this translation if you can
to bestow a thought
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 祝 cmn(cmn) (zhù)
  • French: souhaiter fr(fr)

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