Definitions for wishes

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wishes wish

Spelling: [wish]

IPA: /wɪʃ/

Wishes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in wishes (ehissw).

Definitions for wishes

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 wishes

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 wishes

It was ingratitude of the blackest character, to listen so coldly to his wishes.

Nancy, on the other hand, was incapable of communicating her wishes.

Diane and Alicia keep make decisions either without him or that directly go against his wishes.

A two-time Obama voter, Frank lives in a section of Haddam where blacks once resided and wishes he had one black friend.

There are twenty men who will be eager to comply with the wishes of their minister.

Stop her—say Miss Milbrey wishes to ask a favour of her; and Jarvis.

Dear, dear Sir, what are settlements to one who has as much of her own as she wishes for?

His violent, angry raps are the words he wishes he could say to people he wishes would listen.

She wishes to have her parents meet her at the hospital at the same time, hoping that will reunite them.

Mr. Forest cannot find the type of girl he wishes for the part.