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noun desire
ambition
longing
disposition
pleasure
aspiration
prayer
hankering
thirst
choice
preference
hunger
urge
hope
request
invocation
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liking
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Word Origin & History wish O.E. wyscan "to wish," from P.Gmc. *wunskijanan (cf. O.N. æskja, Dan. ønske, Swed. önska, M.Du. wonscen, Du. wensen, O.H.G. wunsken, Ger. wunschen "to wish"), from PIE *wun/*wen-/*won- "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cf. Skt. vanati "he desires, loves, wins," L. venus "love, sexual desire, loveliness," venerari "to worship;" see Venus). The noun is attested from c.1300. Wishful first recorded 1523. Wishful thinking is recorded from 1932; wish fulfillment (1901) translates Ger. wunscherfüllung (Freud, "Die Traumdeutung," 1900).
Antonyms for wish dislike
hatred
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More words related to wish aim
noun. goal ambition
design
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objective
aspiration
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purpose
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end
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target where one is heading
Example Sentences for wish "It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he. “I wish they may not be in league with them,” said Master Headley. I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving? I wish my father had intrusted his money to you instead of to the superintendent.
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verb. point or direct at a goal address
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sight
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direct
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set one's sights on
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noun. something desired aim
dream
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aspiration
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hope
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noun. goal, hope aim
direction
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dream
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verb. aim, hope be ambitious
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noun. order; personal decree
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