wish

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the particular preference that you have

   It was their last wish.

2. 2
   noun

   an expression of some desire or inclination

   I could tell that it was their wish that the guests leave.

3. 3
   noun

   a specific feeling of desire

   I got my wish.

4. 4
   verb

   invoke upon

   wish you a nice evening

5. 5
   verb

   order politely

   express a wish for

6. 6
   verb

   make or express a wish

   I wish that Christmas were over

7. 7
   verb

   hope for

   have a wish

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja,…