wish
verb (HOPE) /wɪʃ/Definition
B1 [T + two objects] to hope or express hope for another person's success or happiness or pleasure on a particular occasion: We wish you every success in the future. I didn't even see her to wish her a happy birthday/wish a happy birthday to her. I wished her a safe journey and waved her off.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness wish sb well › to hope someone will succeed: I wished him well with his new venture.Hoping and hopefulnessPotential
(Definition of wish verb (HOPE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ache for sth phrasal verb
- acquisitive adjective (WANTING THINGS)
- ambitious adjective
- angle for sth phrasal verb
- aspirant noun
- desire verb (WANT)
- desirous adjective
- dream about/of sth phrasal verb
- fall over yourself idiom
- give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
- incline verb (FEEL)
- lust after/for sth phrasal verb
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- pant for/after sb/sth phrasal verb
- pine for sth/sb phrasal verb
- queue verb
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- would modal verb (WISH)
- yearn verb
- your heart's desire idiom
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Wanting things
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