- wish
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 feeling that you want sthADJECTIVE▪ dearest, deepest, desperate, fervent, fondest (esp. AmE), greatest, strong▪ conscious, unconscious▪ secret▪ express, expressed▪ dying, final, last▪
He was denied his dying wish to be reconciled with his son.
▪ death▪Freud's theory of the death wish
▪ personal▪ parental▪the child's detention against parental wishes
VERB + WISH▪ have▪I have no wish to cause any trouble among them.
▪ express, make known▪She has expressed a wish to seek asylum here.
▪ fulfil/fulfill▪She fulfilled her deepest wish when she flew solo for the first time.
▪ get▪She's always wanted to be an actress, and I'm sure she'll get her wish.
▪ grant (sb)▪ honour/honor, respect, take into account▪It is vital for schools to respect the wishes of parents.
▪ carry out, comply with, meet▪We need to update our equipment if we are to meet customers' wishes.
▪ obey▪She flew into a rage if the staff didn't obey her wishes.
▪ deny sb▪ disregard, go against, ignore, override (esp. BrE), ride roughshod over (BrE)▪She eventually went against her family's wishes and published her autobiography.
▪The Government blatantly ignored the wishes of the public.
▪The committee rode roughshod over the wishes of union members.
▪ reflect▪The change to the constitution reflects the wishes of the people who voted in the referendum.
WISH + NOUN▪ fulfilment/fulfillment▪ list▪Draw up a wish list, defining the requirements for your ideal home.
PREPOSITION▪ against sb's wishes▪Against his mother's wishes, he decided to quit school and look for a job.
▪The meeting took place against the wishes of the State Department.
▪Her father will not speak to her, because she married against his wishes.
▪ in sb's wish▪In his wish to be as helpful as possible, he was forever asking her what she wanted.
▪ in accordance with sb's wishs▪In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were scattered at sea.
▪ wish for▪a wish for peace
2 saying secretly to yourself what you want to happenVERB + WISH▪ have, make▪When you see a black cat, you have to make a wish.
▪ get▪If you're the one who finds the hidden box, you get a wish.
▪ grant▪The good fairy granted her three wishes.
WISH + VERB▪ come true▪On Christmas Day their wishes came true.
3 (usually wishes) hope that sb will be happyADJECTIVE▪ best, good▪Give my best wishes to Alison.
▪ well (AmE)▪Thanks to all those who sent well wishes.
▪ heartfelt, sincereVERB + WISH▪ give sb, send (sb)PREPOSITION▪ with … wishes (at the end of a letter)▪With best wishes for a happy birthday.
▪ wish for▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Every good wish for your future happiness together.
verbADVERB▪ dearly, desperately, devoutly (esp. AmE), fervently, heartily, really, sincerely▪I heartily wished that I had stayed at home.
▪I really wish I could go to America.
▪ hard▪If you wish really hard, maybe you'll get what you want.
▪ secretly▪ just, merely, only, simply▪‘Where is he now?’ ‘I only wish I knew.’
▪ sometimes▪ almost▪When I see the kids playing football, I almost wish I was their age again.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪It's no use wishing for the impossible.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
