wish
Usage
What are other ways to say wish?
To wish is to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace.
Example Sentences
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Investors can cross one item off their holiday wish list: a lukewarm CPI.
From Barron's
“I just wish I could get a guaranteed profit margin of 10% on my investments.”
From Los Angeles Times
She too wishes to keep her identity and her late husband's hidden.
From BBC
If Australia wishes to remain a country where Jewish life can flourish openly and safely, this moment must change us all.
In his statement, he said he thinks about Ms Nazarova every day and how he wishes she could see their daughter growing up.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
