WISH


Meaning of WISH in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .