Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
desire:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
desire:

Examples

978 sentences

  1. Your wish will come true in the near future.

    Ваше бажання здійсниться найближчому майбутньому. — deniko

    ruТвоё желание сбудется в ближайшем будущем. — Lenin_1917

    deDein Wunsch wird sich bald erfüllen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom made a wish.

    Том загадав бажання. — deniko

    ruТом загадал желание. — sharptoothed

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  3. What's your third wish?

    Яке твоє третє бажання? — deniko

    ruКакое твоё третье желание? — odexed

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Meaning

4 senses

  1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

    It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse.

    make someone's wish come true

    Wunsch

    жела́ниеželánije

    бажа́нняbažánnja

  2. The thing desired or longed for.

    My dearest wish is to see them happily married.

    You have my best wishes.

  3. A water meadow.

  4. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

    make a wish

    an expression of some desire or inclination

Origin

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from P

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”).

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Forms

plural: wishes
Singularwish
Pluralwishes

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a specific feeling of desire:wishingwant
  • an expression of some desire or inclination:indirect request
  • (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare:regardcompliments

Word family

10 related words
Relatedprecatoryvelleity
Derivedbest wishesdeath wishwish awaywishbonewishfulwish listwishlistwish sandwich

Collocations

4 patterns
  • made a wish
  • my wish list
  • wish came true
  • kind of wished

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wiseA2wiselywiserwishfulwispwisteria

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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