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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwisshen,wischen,wüschen, fromOld Englishwȳsċan(“to wish”), fromProto-West Germanic*wunskijan, fromProto-Germanic*wunskijaną(“to wish”), fromProto-Indo-European*wenh₁-(“to wish, love”).

Cognate withScotswis(“to wish”),Saterland Frisianwonskje(“to wish”),West Frisianwinskje(“to wish”),Dutchwensen(“to wish”),Germanwünschen(“to wish”),Luxembourgishwënschen(“to wish”),Yiddishווינטשן(vintshn,“to wish”),Danish,Norwegian Bokmålønske(“to wish”),Faroeseynskja(“to wish, to desire”),Icelandicæskja,óska(“to wish”),Norwegian Nynorskønskja,ønskje,ønska,ønske,ynskja,ynskje(“to wish, to desire”),Swedishönska(“to wish”). Via PIE cognate withLatinVenus,veneror(“venerate, honour, love”),Englishwonder.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wish (pluralwishes)

  1. Adesire,hope, orlonging for something or for something tohappen.
    It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse.
    make someone'swish come true
    • 2010,BioWare,Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→OCLC, PC, scene: IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!:
      Send this message to six beings of your acquaintance, and your greatestwish shall come true!
  2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas ofmagic andsupernaturalpower.
    make awish
  3. The thing desired or longed for.
    My dearestwish is to see them happily married.
    You have my bestwishes.
    • 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 couldwishes 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.
  4. (Sussex) Awater meadow.

Derived terms

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Terms derived from the noun "wish"

Translations

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desire

See also

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Verb

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wish (third-person singular simple presentwishes,present participlewishing,simple past and past participlewished)

  1. (transitive) To desire; to want.
    I'll come tomorrow, if youwish (it).
    Iwish it to be known that Iwish them all to leave the company.
    Anyone whowishes an aisle seat should see an attendant.
    • 2018 May 13, Justin King, “How to Fix the Storylines of Film and Television”, inReturn of Kings:
      Showing the population what wewish them to be is the best way for them to change.
    • 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:
      I would notwish / Any companion in the world but you.
    • 1716,Jonathan Swift,Phyllis, or the Progress of Love:
      Now John the butler must be sent
      To learn the road that Phyllis went:
      The groom waswished to saddle Crop;
      For John must neither light nor stop,
      But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
      And bring her back alive or dead.
    • 1899,Hughes Mearns,Antigonish:
      Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / Iwish, Iwish he’d go away …
  2. (transitive, now rare) Tohope (+ object clause withmay or in present subjunctive).
  3. (intransitive, followed byfor) Tohope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
    • 1727,John Arbuthnot,Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures:
      This is as good an argument as an antiquary couldwish for.
    • 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 towish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
    Iwish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
    Iwished (that) it would rain.
  4. (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
    Wewish you amerry Christmas.
  5. (intransitive, followed byto and an infinitive) Torequest ordesire to do an activity.
    Anyone whowishes to may leave now.
    • 2013 July-August,Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 4:
      Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads,wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
  6. (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.

Usage notes

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Conjugation

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Conjugation ofwish
infinitive(to)wish
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularwishwished
2nd-personsingularwish,wishest†wished,wishedst†
3rd-personsingularwishes,wisheth†wished
pluralwish
subjunctivewishwished
imperativewish—
participleswishingwished

Derived terms

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Terms derived from the verb "wish"

Translations

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to hope for an outcome
to bestow a thought

References

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfisch, fromOld Englishfisċ, fromProto-West Germanic*fisk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wish

  1. fish

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page78
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