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