{
    "term": "wish",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "wish",
            "heSheIt": "wishes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "wished",
        "pastParticiple": "wished",
        "ingForm": "wishing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to want something to happen or to be true even though it is unlikely or impossible",
            "sensetop": "wish (that)…wish somebody/something/yourself + adj.wish somebody/something/yourself + adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(British English also)North American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wish I were taller.",
                    "contextForm": "wish (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish I was taller."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish I hadn't eaten so much."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Where is he now?’ ‘**I only wish** I knew!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish you wouldn't leave your clothes all over the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She really wished she’d stayed on at college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat by the phone, wishing it would ring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's dead and it's no use wishing him alive again.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody/something/yourself + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wished herself a million miles away.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody/something/yourself + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I heartily wished that I had stayed at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I really wish I could go to America."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I see the kids playing football, I almost wish I was their age again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I only wish I had more time for research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just wish they were here to see me now."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["dearly", "desperately", "devoutly"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to want to do something; to want something to happen",
            "sensetop": "wish to do somethingwish somebody somethingwish somebody/something to do something",
            "labels": "(especially British English, formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You may stay until morning, **if you wish**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I’d rather not talk now.’ ‘**(Just) as you wish**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This course is designed for people wishing to update their computer skills.",
                    "contextForm": "wish to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish to speak to the manager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't wish *(= I don't mean)* to be rude, but could you be a little quieter?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could not believe that he wished her harm.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was not sure whether he wished her to stay or go.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did not wish it to be known that he was buying a present for his father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish to thank my production team for all their support."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An employee, who wished to remain anonymous, gave details of the secret deal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I also wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had an opportunity to sign up if they wished to participate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be special fees for residents who wish to use the facilities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any farmers wishing to join the scheme should contact Kathryn Payne."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never wish to see such horrific scenes again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The final point I wish to make is about funding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can dance all night if you so wish."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to think very hard that you want something, especially something that can only be achieved by good luck or magic",
            "sensetop": "wish for somethingwish for somebody/something to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If you wish really hard, maybe you'll get what you want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's no use wishing for the impossible.",
                    "contextForm": "wish for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has everything he could possibly wish for."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **couldn't have wished for** a nicer hotel *(= the hotel was exactly what we wanted)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She shut her eyes and wished for him to get better.",
                    "contextForm": "wish for somebody/something to do something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["dearly", "desperately", "devoutly"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to say that you hope that somebody will be happy, lucky, etc.",
            "sensetop": "wish somebody somethingwish somebody well",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wished her a happy birthday.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Wish me luck**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We wish them both well in their retirement.",
                    "contextForm": "wish somebody well"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We wish you every success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sincerely wish him well in his future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We wish him a speedy recovery."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that something is impossible or very unlikely, although you wish it were possible",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘You'll have finished by tomorrow.’ ‘I wish!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A job at the BBC? You wish!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪʃ/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wish__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wishes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪʃt/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wished__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wishing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪʃ/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wish__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪʃɪz/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wishes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪʃt/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wished__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wi/wish/wishing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wȳscan, of Germanic origin; related to German wünschen, also to wont."
}