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Wish
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Wish
/wɪʃ/
A desire or hope for something to happen or be true
Synonyms:
desire
hope
yearn
aspiration
craving
Antonyms:
reality
fact
actuality
Examples:
I
wish
for warm weather tomorrow.
You can
wish
upon a star tonight.
Etymology:
from Middle English
wischen
from Old English
wyscan
, from Proto-Germanic
wunskōną
, related to older words for desire or hope
Usage Statistics:
118 mentions per 1 million words
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