0 past simple and past participle of wish --
1 used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about a state or situation that exists at the moment: --
2 to want to do something: --
As you wish, Sir. It will be done.
[ + to infinitive ] I wish to make a complaint.
Passengers wishing to take the Kings Cross train should board now.
I don't wish to worry you but he did say he'd be back by midnight.
[ + obj + adj ] Sometimes I was so depressed that I wished myself dead.
I wish she'd shut up for a minute and let someone else talk.
3 to hope or express hope for another person's success or happiness or pleasure on a particular occasion: --
4 to hope that something you want will be made real because of good luck or magical powers: --
[ + that ] I remember blowing out the candles on my birthday cake and wishing that John Lee would be my boyfriend.
If I could wish myself anywhere in the world (= go anywhere as a result of making a wish) right now it would be somewhere hot and sunny.
He's funny, bright, handsome - everything a girl could wish for really.
"Your job must be very glamorous." "I wish!" (= not at all.)
"By the time I'm 40, I'll be rich." "You wish!" (= There is no chance of that happening.)
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.