wish

verb [I or T] (MAGIC)

/wɪʃ/

Definition

› to hope that something you want will be made real because of good luck or magical powers: [+ that] I remember blowing out the candles on my birthday cake and wishing that John Lee would be my boyfriend. If I could wish myself anywhere in the world (= go anywhere as a result of making a wish) right now it would be somewhere hot and sunny. He's funny, bright, handsome - everything a girl could wish for really. "Your job must be very glamorous." "I wish!" (= not at all.) "By the time I'm 40, I'll be rich." "You wish!" (= There is no chance of that happening.)MagicWanting thingsHoping and hopefulness

(Definition of wish verb (MAGIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)