wish

Meaning

1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
3. The thing desired or longed for.
4. A water meadow.

desire

be willing to

cherished desire

require

wish for

wish well

emotion

would that

indirect request

hope for

yearn for

aspire to

be willing

hanker for

want to

desire for

say to oneself

want to do

be eager

one’s desire

bestow a blessing on

be desirous

craving after

desire of doing

inclination of mind

what one aims at

give one’s best wishes

wish the best

be eager for

be going to

famish

information retrieval

longing for

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪʃ/

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Danish ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).