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say it: wish
wish is a verb and noun meaning "hope for; have a wish". It carries 10 recorded senses.
order politely; express a wish for
an expression of some desire or inclination
“I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave”
“his crying was an indirect request for attention”
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
“give him my kind regards”
“my best wishes”
plural
the particular preference that you have
“it was his last wish”
“they should respect the wishes of the people”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wish come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.