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wish English

Meaning wish meaning

What does wish mean?
Definitions in simple English

wish Verb

— When you wish for something, you want it and hope for it; you want it to happen.

wish Noun

— A wish is something that has not happened yet but you want to happen.

wish

— verb hope for; have a wish I wish I could go home now — verb (= care, like) prefer or wish to do something Do you care to try this dish? Would you like to come along to the movies? — verb make or express a wish I wish that Christmas were over — noun (= wishing) a specific feeling of desire he got his wish he was above all wishing and desire — verb feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of — verb (= bid) invoke upon wish you a nice evening bid farewell — verb order politely; express a wish for — noun (= indirect request) an expression of some desire or inclination I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave his crying was an indirect request for attention — noun the particular preference that you have it was his last wish they should respect the wishes of the people — noun (= regard) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare give him my kind regards my best wishes

Synonyms wish synonyms

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wish English » English

desire want hope will aspiration request inclination intention longing like expectation long for ambition dream love fancy covet thought itch yearning prayer pray need keenness eagerness beg ardour ardor purpose expect bid be willing to willingness opinion mind lust long feel like demand yearn think regard pleasure intend idea crave care aim wishing plan

Topics wish topics

What do people use wish to talk about?
Language and thought

Want
Language and thought Think Expect

Hope
Social behavior Behavior Love

Hate, ill will
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sorry
Social behavior Behavior

Love
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky

Conjugation wish conjugation

How do you conjugate wish?

wish · verb

Examples wish examples

How do I use wish in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Did you get your wish?
I wish we had more time.
If I could have a wish, I'd wish I could make up for lost time.
I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
I wish I could have spoken Spanish.
I wish you good luck.
I wish you had come with us.
I wish you could have come with me.
I wish you could have been there.
I wish I were in Paris now.
I wish I could go to Japan.
I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.
What famous songs do you wish you had composed, and why?
I wish you had told me the truth.
You will wish you had never seen it.
I wish you had told me the truth then.
You can go or stay, as you wish.
Your wish will come true in the near future.
What's your wish?
I wish I could go to the party with you.
I wish you could come with us.
I wish she would stop playing that stupid music.
I wish I could live near your house.

Movie subtitles

I sincerely wish to speak with you!
My people wish to give you a special welcome.
We, we have learned so much from Elder Cunningham, and as our gift to you we wish to present the story of Joseph Smith and the first Mormons.
And now we wish to honor you with the story of Joseph Smith, the American Moses.
I wish that your body at least rests in peace.
I wish you a long and healthy life.
Do the Yoshiokas wish to assassinate me?
If my wish were to come true like this.
I've heard from Kakubei about your wish to join our clan.
Why did you come to wish to join our clan?
And I wish I'd been with you to buy that crab necklace.
Oh, I wish.
Oh, I wish I could help you, man, but I don't remember a lot.
With all due respect, I wish you'd gotten life.
We want to help the Arabs, to protect their language and their religion. We wish to let them run their own country and help them gradually take in the values of modern Western civilization.
I wish you all the best.
No one can know what's going on inside someone's head and she didn't want to be here anymore and now she's getting her wish.
I can still save your life, if you so wish.
Ah, no, I wish.
I wish I could talk you out of this.
I shall be able to satisfy my life's unwavering wish!
Is there something you wish to tell us?
Wish we could get it over with.
I thought I had the finish. - I wish you did.
I wish I was in the jungle where men are monkeys.
I wish you were in it.
I feel that you're really uninteresting and boring, I don't even wish to see you.
Or do you wish to defeat me fairly?
To tell the truth. Its been my wish for a long time to someday become a government official.
If my wish were to come true like this. I have been working hard at my pursuit of knowledge in the ways of the sword.
But I just wish I could get the rest of the world to see her through our eyes.
I wish it didn't, but it. it does.
Because I know what it's like to care about your dad and what he thinks, even if you wish you didn't.
You've of course considered that these may be people - who don't wish to be found.
No, I wish.

News and current affairs

Countries that wish to develop nuclear energy but not nuclear bombs should be given international guarantees of fuel supply and disposal of spent fuel.
Political and legal reforms in Turkey in recent years have been remarkably far-reaching, for they have clearly been spurred by Turks' wish to move closer to the EU.
But there is another, darker side to this craving, which is the wish to see idols dragged through the mud in vicious gossip magazines, divorce courts, and so on.
Or if you wish, discovered.
Anyone can produce a wish list, but effective visions combine inspiration with feasibility.
I truly wish you success in your responsibilities as acting Prime Minister and acting head of Kadima.
In interviews with Asahi Shimbun and The Washington Times in March and April 1992, Kim clearly expressed a wish to establish diplomatic relations with the US.
What is happening at the moment could be described as a power struggle over who should be responsible for a service that more and more people wish to be available but where no amount of professional expertise can fully safeguard the right decision.
Opponents of the truce predict, - indeed, wish - that it will be short-lived.
Schwarzenegger is a Republican, so Democrats privately wish him to fail.
We should wish the effort well, and hope that ultimately the goal becomes global, rather than merely national, happiness.
Call it self-censorship if you wish.
If you wish to stay in the same room as other people you try not to offend them through unnecessary provocations.
The authorities clearly wish to control the extent of the thaw in Syria's political culture.
While Thein Sein would undoubtedly wish to see the myriad economic and political sanctions imposed on Burma quickly lifted, it is too soon for a general easing of such measures.
In defense I wish to cite the great Harvard philosopher John Rawls, who died recently.
But the current options that many governments wish to embrace will not do the job.
If anything, some of Obama's Democratic supporters wish he would show more emotion in responding to criticism.
By holding out, Republicans wish to force President Barack Obama's administration into massive spending cuts.
To this end, they should ask their own fathers and grandfathers what they wish they had done differently - and plan accordingly.
I wish we could look forward in Europe to a similarly healthy democratic experience next month when voters throughout the European Union elect new members of the European Parliament.
The Internet, one of the great inventions of the modern Western world, has shown itself to be a weapon that can be used to incite and train those who wish to cause harm to that world.
The West should not reject Russia's wish for new negotiations on a European security system.
It is my earnest desire that the people in our neighborly countries and their leaders should feel free to visit each other whenever they wish to do so.
Serra will no doubt use television advertisements to show Lula embracing and praising Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, a past Lula might wish long forgotten.
This system would allow those who do not wish to share monetary sovereignty, or engage in the kind of fiscal cooperation that must eventually come with it, to make that choice.

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