Wish

Definition of wish:

part of speech: verb

To have a desire: to long ( so in B.): to be inclined.

part of speech: verb

To have a strong desire: with for or an infinitive.

part of speech: noun

WISHER.

part of speech: verb

To desire or long for: to ask: to invoke.

part of speech: verb

To have a desire; be inclined.

part of speech: verb

To desire: ask.

part of speech: verb

To desire or long for; to crave; to express desire for; to desire for someone else; as, to wish one good fortune.

part of speech: noun

Strong or eager desire; the object or thing desired; a request.

part of speech: noun

A desire; expression of desire; thing desired.

Usage examples for wish:

• " I wish you could have seen her," says he. "Torchy and Vee", Sewell Ford.

• He did not wish to know anything about this. "Possessed", Cleveland Moffett.

• Wish I had them now. "An Outcast of the Islands", Joseph Conrad.

• I wish I could believe so. "Dreamers of the Ghetto", I. Zangwill.