wish
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English wyscan
[edit] Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɪʃ
- Homophones: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
[edit] Noun
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wish (plural wishes)
- a will for something to happen.
- Your dearest wish will come true.
- (Sussex) a water meadow.
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Terms derived from the noun "wish"
[edit] Translations
a wish
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[edit] See also
[edit] Verb
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to wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)
- (with for) to hope (for a particular outcome)
- (ditransitive) to bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something)
- We wish you a Merry Christmas.
- To request or desire to do an activity.
- I wish to complain.
[edit] Usage notes
- In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
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[edit] Translations
to hope for an outcome
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to bestow a thought
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