wish
/wɪʃ/ noun A1- 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
- An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. · make a wish
- The thing desired or longed for. · My dearest wish is to see them happily married.· You have my best wishes.
- A water meadow.
Plural wishes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I should myself have recommended the match, had not the noble marquis anticipated my wishes by requesting my consent to it.’”
Let what may remain of revolutionary sap exhaust itself and die away with the old trunk, and condescend only to regard the young shoot which has started up at a distance from the parent tree, without having the power, any more than the wish, to separate entirely from the stock from which it sprung.”
“Without her captain!” cried Dantès, his eyes sparkling with animation; “pray mind what you say, for you are touching on the most secret wishes of my heart.
“Why do you wish to see Oz?” he asked.
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