Definitions for wish

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wish wish

Spelling: [wish]

IPA: /wɪʃ/

Wish is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in wish (hisw).

Definitions for wish

noun

1. an act or instance of wishing.
2. a request or command:
3. an expression of a wish, often one of a kindly or courteous nature:
4. something wished or desired:

Verb phrases

1. wish on, to force or impose (usually used in the negative): Also, wish upon. to make a wish using some object as a magical talisman:

verb (used with object)

1. to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause):
2. to desire (a person or thing) to be (as specified):
3. to entertain wishes, favorably or otherwise, for:
4. to bid, as in greeting or leave-taking:
5. to request or charge:

verb (used without object)

1. to desire; long; yearn (often followed by for):
2. to make a wish:

Origin of wish

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 venu

Examples for wish

I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving?

And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.

Still, I wish that DuVernay had given us more about those who are less famous besides a scene where they all eat dinner together.

For all that we may wish it to be, “dating” simply is not the dominant romantic culture here.

“I wish they may not be in league with them,” said Master Headley.

At this point Marvin gives his Liberty Valance smile, the kind that makes you wish you could disintegrate in front of him.

"If there were any use in wishing, I'd wish myself on shore," said the second.

I wish my father had intrusted his money to you instead of to the superintendent.

"It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he.

I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.