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    wishes; wished; wishing
    
    [+ obj] :to want (something) to be true or to happen
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] formal :to want or ask to do (something)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] to want (someone) to be in a particular state
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to say that you hope someone will have happiness, health, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    to think about something that you want and hope that you will get it or that it will happen in some magical way :to make a wish
    
    
    
    usually + for
    
    
    
    to hope for something that usually cannot be had - + for
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    (be) careful what you wish for
    
    used to tell people to think before they say that they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it
    
    
    
    I wish
    
    or don't I wish
    
    informal - used to say that you want something to happen but that you know it will probably not happen
    
    
    
    
    
    wish away
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    wish (something) away or wish away (something) :to cause (something) to stop or go away just by wanting it to stop or go away
    
    
    
    wish on
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    wish (someone or something) on (someone) :to want (someone) to have or be affected by (someone or something bad or unpleasant)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    you wish
    
    or don't you wish
    
    informal - used to tell people in a rude way that it is unlikely that they will get what they want
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural wishes
    
    [count] :a desire for something to happen or be done :a feeling of wanting to do or have something
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :an act of thinking about something that you want and hoping that you will get it or that it will happen in some magical way
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    wishes [plural] :good thoughts or feelings directed toward a person
    
    
    
    
    
    pious wish
    
    
    
    your wish is my command
    
    humorous - used to say that you will do what someone else wants you to do