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Definition of Wish
Wish

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.

To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.

To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.

Desire; eager desire; longing.

Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.

A thing desired; an object of desire.

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Wish Quotations

I don't wish my career on anyone.
John Entwistle

I wish they would only take me as I am.
Vincent Van Gogh

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

Industry need not wish.
Benjamin Franklin

Wish Translations

wish in Afrikaans is verlang, wil
wish in Dutch is verkiezen, begeren, trek hebben in
wish in Finnish is tahtoa, haluta
wish in Italian is voto
wish in Latin is votum, desiderium, cupio, voluntas
wish in Portuguese is desejar, querer, desejo, anseio
wish in Spanish is deseo, voluntad, desear, tener


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