WISH meaning: Desire for something to happen

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word WISH:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

wish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wish: Merriam-Webster
wish, wish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
wish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
wish: Collins English Dictionary
wish: Vocabulary.com
Wish, wish, wish: Wordnik
wish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
wish: Wiktionary
wish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
wish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
wish: Infoplease Dictionary
wish: Dictionary.com
wish (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
wish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Wish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
wish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
wish: Rhymezone
wish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
wish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
wish: FreeDictionary.org
wish: Mnemonic Dictionary
wish: TheFreeDictionary.com
wish: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)
Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Wish (fiction), wish: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

wish: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

WISH: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
wish: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

WISH: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Wish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Wish)

▸ noun:  A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
▸ noun:  An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
▸ noun:  The thing desired or longed for.
▸ noun:  (Sussex) A water meadow.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To desire; to want.
▸ verb:  (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
▸ verb:  (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:

want, wish well, like, care, compliments, regard, will, bid, indirect request, hope, more...

Opposite:

dislike, reject, refuse, deny, spurn

Types:

genie, fairy godmother, wishbone, wishing well, magic lamp, magic mirror, magic 8-ball, magic wand, more...

Phrases:

you wish, wish for, death wish, wish list, Wish fulfillment, more...

Adjectives:

own, last, earnest, only, dearest, sincere, ardent, unconscious, strong, slightest, general

Colors:

silver, gold, white, lavender, light blue, more...