What does wish mean

Crossword clues for wish

wish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wish

I.verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

against...wishes (=although they knew her parents did not want them to)

▪ They got married against her parents’ wishes.

death wish

▪ Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish.

dying wish

▪ It was her dying wish to have a simple burial.

had a death wish

▪ Before I did the jump, people would ask if I had a death wish.

I wish...would

▪ I wish they would come and visit us.

if...so wish

▪ Parents can withdraw their child from school if they so wish.

respected...wishes

▪ She said she wanted to leave, and her father respected her wishes.

wish list

▪ Another player on Coach Beane’s wish list is center fielder Jeffrey Hammonds.

wish sb a happy Christmas (=say that you hope someone enjoys Christmas)

▪ They wished us a happy Christmas and left.

wish sb (every) happiness/wish (every) happiness to sb (=say that you hope someone will have a happy life)

▪ I would like you to join me in wishing every happiness to Annabelle and Steven.

wish sb (every) happiness/wish (every) happiness to sb (=say that you hope someone will have a happy life)

▪ I would like you to join me in wishing every happiness to Annabelle and Steven.

wish...all the best

▪ We’d just like to wish him all the best in his new job.

wishing well

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

luck

▪ They then shook hands and delivered warm, almost passionate, hugs as they wished each other luck.

▪ But had we sat down with her, we would have wished her good luck.

▪ I wish him luck and hope that after a couple of years he is transferred back!

▪ Well, I wish you luck.

▪ He had not, Anna tried to remember, wished her luck.

▪ She wishes me luck, opens the door to the bathroom, and disappears into a cloud of steam.

▪ Tim shook my hand and wished me luck, giving me a knowing look in the process.

▪ The program also features a neat video clip of Norman introducing the game and wishing players good luck.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I only wish/hope

▪ I only wish I knew what I could do to help.

▪ And I only wish the world had a sense of the glamour like we had in the Sixties.

▪ At present I only wish to draw attention to a possible ambiguity in a crucial move.

▪ Exhibit A in defense of the caveman. I only wish Becker had taken questions from the audience.

▪ I am sorry your life is so burdensome, I only wish I could help in some way.

▪ I enjoyed the whole of the Chuck Berry interview - I only wish we'd had longer.

▪ It's a great honour and I only hope and pray I won't let Monsieur down.

▪ It will suit Mrs Rochester perfectly. I only wish I were more handsome, as she's so beautiful.

▪ They were all very heartened that some one was at last taking an interest: I only wish I had had a tape recorder!

I swear/hope/wish/pray to God

pious hope/wish

▪ But in the present climate that is a somewhat pious hope.

▪ But these were merely pious hopes.

▪ Criteria Unless there is a quantitative criterion there is no objective, only a pious hope of better times.

▪ The international community has so far salved its conscience by voicing a succession of pious hopes.

▪ This may be a pious hope.

wish sb (the best of) luck

▪ But had we sat down with her, we would have wished her good luck.

▪ Everyone wished each other good luck and Mould, Matron and Endill headed off to the library.

▪ I wish him luck and hope that after a couple of years he is transferred back!

▪ James wished me good luck and dashed off home.

▪ Lineker and Paul Gascoigne have both been in touch with Spurs to wish them good luck for the new season.

▪ She wishes me luck, opens the door to the bathroom, and disappears into a cloud of steam.

▪ Well, I wish you luck.

▪ Yet at the start of the day both sides had wished each other luck.

without wanting/wishing to do sth

▪ Without wanting to, Rose was drawn to watch.

▪ Without wishing to be demeaning, computer literacy and competence is not particularly high on the list of archival training.

▪ Without wishing to scare you unduly, you should be aware that sharks do lurk out there.

▪ Without wishing to tempt providence in any way, we appear to have got away lighting in so far as Winter is concerned.

▪ He had had enough experience of strangers probing his own hurts without wanting to pry into those of others.

▪ Lying in bed, she thought of him without wanting to hurt him at all.

▪ She sank deep down again, unable to stay alert, and saw without wanting to a giant Catherine-wheel in the sky.

▪ The expectation from government industrial ReD is one of reducing dependency on imports without wanting to achieve self-sufficiency.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ Afterward, Violet wished she hadn't said anything.

▪ Anyone wishing to order the book should send a cheque to the publishers.

▪ Beth wished she could stay there forever.

▪ Everyone has the right to smoke if they wish, but not the right to ruin the health of those around them.

▪ I wish I didn't have to go to school.

▪ I wish I had a car like that.

▪ I wish they would turn that music down.

▪ I wish to purchase a second house in the UK for investment purposes.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ Eventually, once he has them firmly under his rounded arm, he wishes us farewell.

▪ Every country wishes to see its own sportsmen and sportswomen as international champions.

▪ He can blast a race open whenever he wishes.

▪ He did not wish to appear on the terrasse of the Continental at such an early hour.

▪ He did not wish to love one more than the next.

▪ I may therefore not have heard points made to which I wish to refer.

II.noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

dear

▪ Her dearest wish was to live another couple of years and see Neil Kinnock as prime minister.

▪ He had two small children, and it was Miss Miggs's dearest wish to see them.

▪ If, as you say, your sister will come and bring Oreste then surely you have achieved your dearest wish?

▪ She was an only child, and well aware that her father's dearest wish was to have grandsons.

dying

▪ Who was Jenny to deny a man his last dying wish?

good

▪ I don't know your grandparents, but I hope you will send them my best wishes.

▪ Spare me your shock and good wishes.

▪ Central Council sends its good wishes to her.

▪ With best wishes for success and prosperity.

▪ My best wishes to Madame Zborowska and warm greetings to you.

▪ And while babies are on my mind, my best wishes to Patsy Kensit on the birth of her son.

▪ The good wishes of the nation are with them.

▪ Please believe in my loyalty and friendship and give my best wishes to your wife.

great

▪ Recovering from the October 26 attack, Rob's greatest wish is to stay in the Metropolitan force.

▪ Ben's greatest wish is that when he grows up, he becomes a professional scrambler.

▪ Having his own was his greatest wish and transformed his life.

■ NOUN

list

▪ So scribble down that wish list and get surfing to pick up some of the best bargains around.

▪ Davis would seem to be everything the Texans have on their wish list.

▪ Training More and better training also requires a priority place on this wish list.

▪ Near a well-traveled box of spices was a piece of cardboard on which the Oz campers' wish list was written.

▪ What is at the top of my wish list?

▪ Oppenheimer was part of this international circle, and so he began recruiting with a first-rate wish list in hand.

▪ A bottle of whisky a day would definitely come on the wish list, said Edwards.

■ VERB

fulfil

▪ Those who did not fulfil their clients' wishes lost income.

▪ Today her school payed tribute to her courage and fulfilled her final wish, the planting of 2 trees in her memory.

grant

▪ Well, if the Oxford manager was granted any more wishes, then he'd want a change a fortune.

▪ But until she is dead I will not grant your wish.

▪ If he could ever be granted one wish in his life, he knew exactly what it would be.

▪ The fisherman trudged to the sea once more, spoke, and the flounder granted the wish.

▪ He has a private jet and a team of flunkies ready to grant every wish.

▪ The Make-A-Wish Foundation says it will re-evaluate its criteria for granting wishes.

▪ At last, slowly, victoriously, his eyes never leaving hers, he granted her wish.

reflect

▪ Once again the declarations of the jurors reflected the wishes and interests of the forest inhabitants rather than the facts of recorded history.

▪ I hope that this allocation reflects the wishes of the House as a whole.

▪ The church said yesterday its objections only reflected the wishes of nearby residents.

respect

▪ At all times respect the wishes of residents who do not wish to join in activities.

▪ In our unit one of the goals of elective ventilation is the respecting of these wishes.

▪ I'd have loved to have thanked him personally, but we have to respect his wish to remain anonymous.

▪ She wished to live her own life, and they must respect that wish.

▪ I've always believed one must respect the wishes of the dead.

▪ None the less, the importance of the obligation to respect the wishes of the patient can not be overstated.

▪ Has the manager at all times respected the wishes and aspirations of the artist?

send

▪ I don't know your grandparents, but I hope you will send them my best wishes.

▪ Central Council sends its good wishes to her.

▪ Any real fan will send Hankin their good wishes.

▪ He sends his best wishes to everybody at home.

▪ A card was passed around for those present to send their good wishes for a speedy recovery.

▪ Harry said his Aunt Erica sent good wishes, his eyes ironic.

▪ Mr Mason sends his best wishes for the success of the event.

▪ She sends good wishes to all her friends and colleagues.