(v. t.) To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
(v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
(v. t.) To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
(v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
(n.) Desire; eager desire; longing.
(n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
(n.) A thing desired; an object of desire.
Example Sentences:
(1) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
(2) "The Republic genuinely wishes Northern Ireland well and that includes the 12.5% corporate tax rate," he said.
(3) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(4) Following the hypothesis that infertile patients may present emotional conflicts with regard to the wish of having a child, psychodynamic interviews were carried out with 116 infertile couples concomitantly with their first consultation at the Sterility Department.
(5) Last November he bluntly warned EU chiefs he could, if he wished, “flood Europe” with refugees.
(6) But I don't wish to be too hard on the judge for not taking that view.
(7) And any Labour commitment on spending is fatally undermined by their deficit amnesia.” Davey widened the attack on the Tories, following a public row this week between Clegg and Theresa May over the “snooper’s charter”, by accusing his cabinet colleague Eric Pickles of coming close to abusing his powers by blocking new onshore developments against the wishes of some local councils.
(8) This search represents movement beyond the significance of infantile wish-fulfillment aspects of religiosity toward the broader domain of ego functioning and quality of object relations.
(9) It’s clear which way the ultra-right community around Ukip wishes to go: their timelines are full of praise for Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders , and blazing with imagery – both real and fake – of migrant riots in France and Sweden.
(10) The content and dynamics of two 11-session psychotherapy groups led by physicians for 18 adult patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are described as a guide for others wishing to use this form of treatment.
(11) Management and treatment issues are surveyed, such as the necessity to recognize that in some adolescents violence erupts not from narcissitic rage but from strong wishes for affectionate contact.
(12) "Plymouth Argyle is a proper football club and I wish them well," said Hughton.
(13) Many cases before the commissioner remain unresolved, although those who wish to pursue matters to the tribunal as part of the transitional arrangements will not have to pay an additional fee to appeal to the tribunal.
(14) It is indispensable to establish a close cooperation between the public health authorities and the private physician, and we therefore wish to sincerely thank all colleagues and Public Health Officers for their collaboration.
(15) An accurate portrait of BLS and ACLS instructors is crucial for organizations such as the American Heart Association if they wish to attract and retain instructors.
(16) If you can't give them everything at once, you may be able to satisfy at least some of the items on their wish list.
(17) Despite fulfilling a boyhood wish to play for Milan when he returned to Italy, the striker admitted he erred in taking his career back to Serie A, having had a controversial spell at Internazionale before City recruited him for £17.5m in August 2010.
(18) We wish to thank once again all the Chinese people and people around the world who have supported Beijing 2022 in this extraordinary bid journey.” Earlier, the president Xi threw his weight behind China’s bid, promising the “strongest support” for the Beijing Games in a one-minute video address to the IOC delegates.
(19) Fitzgibbon notes that these documents had been tabled contrary to the wishes of the defence sub-commitee.
(20) Early work showed a relationship between these two molecules, which we wished to further document, in particular because of the growing realization of the functional importance of CD28 in some T cell activation pathways.
Wisher
Definition:
(n.) One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Facebook page created for friends, family and well-wishers to write messages of sympathy was filling with tributes.
(2) In the days that followed, thousands of flowers carpeted Martin Place, left by mourners and well-wishers.
(3) She insisted she was not depressed or mentally ill and thanked her friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as messages she had received from well-wishers around the world.
(4) Peter McGraith and David Cabreza will be married after 17 years together, on the stroke of midnight on Friday at Islington town hall, north London, in the presence of friends, campaigners, well-wishers and Peter Tatchell (they're not necessarily mutually exclusive, these categories).
(5) The funeral was not open to the public, but several dozen well-wishers left flowers at the entrance to the library’s private drive.
(6) It is shown that the procedure described by Wisher & Evans [(1975) Biochem.
(7) David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, thanked well-wishers today for their messages of support following the death of their son, Ivan.
(8) A large media presence is expected at Sandringham on Christmas Day when the Queen and her family are to walk to and from church, greeting well-wishers along the way.
(9) As we talk at the Posk centre, which has been cleaned of the graffiti daubed on it last week, journalists from around the world inspect the vases of flowers from local well-wishers and the memorials in the lobby to fallen Polish heroes from the second world war, during which 2,408 Polish airmen alone were killed.
(10) Misguided attempts by well-wishers to literally or metaphorically pat her on the back and praise her "pluckiness" are given short shrift.
(11) Dubs told the Guardian he had received many messages of support from well-wishers concerned about the plight of up to 95,000 children who are thought to have reached Europe without their families after fleeing Syria and other war zones in the Middle East.
(12) As news of his death filtered out of the maximum security prison, his family was still huddled in an area of the prison grounds, surrounded by well-wishers.
(13) Hundreds of well-wishers gathered on a crisp Christmas morning to watch the Queen and other members of the royal family attend the traditional church service at Sandringham, Norfolk.
(14) Hillary Clinton concedes presidential election to Donald Trump: 'We must accept this result' Read more About four hours later, at least 100 well-wishers assembled at the Douglas G Griffin elementary school in Clinton’s adopted hometown of Chappaqua to watch her cast her vote.
(15) The family continue to be grateful for all well-wishers, though they do seek privacy during this difficult period of rehabilitation.
(16) On Wednesday, she flew to Tahoua, eastern Niger, where she received a rapturous welcome complete with a rock band and dancers brandishing swords and spears, with hundreds of well-wishers lined up at the edge of the runway.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ronald Reagan waving to well-wishers on the White House Lawn in 1986.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest James Joyce’s letter to a well-wisher.
(19) On the site of the original compound stands a large white wooden church, built this year by various well-wishers, including Goins.
(20) Thousands of well-wishers sent him cash to pay it– money, he says, he accepted as loans, despite his concern about repercussions and despite having other ways to find the money, because he felt it was important to recognise the stirrings of civic instinct.