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wishing

/ˈwɪʃɪŋ/

wishingnoun

Traduzioni

souhaitNom d’action, au sens de l’expression d’un désir ou d’un espoir.

Her wishing for a snow day was evident as she stared out the window at the cloudy sky.

Son souhait d’avoir un jour de neige était évident tandis qu’elle regardait le ciel nuageux par la fenêtre.

Definizioni

The act of expressing a desire or hope for something to happen.

Her wishing for a snow day was evident as she stared out the window at the cloudy sky.

Sinonimi

wishinggerund / present participle

/ˈwɪʃɪŋ/

Used attributively in compounds such as "wishing well" to denote association with making wishes.

Traduzioni

à souhaitsS’emploie surtout dans des syntagmes comme « puits à souhaits ».

Tourists tossed coins into the wishing well.

Les touristes ont jeté des pièces dans le puits à souhaits.

Definizioni

Associated with or designed for making or expressing wishes.

Tourists tossed coins into the wishing well.

Sinonimi

wishverb

wishing

Gerund

wished

Past Simple

wished

Past Participle

wishing

Gerund

/wɪʃ/

Definizioni

Used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about a state or situation that exists at the moment

I wish (that) I was/were a bit taller.

Used with the past perfect to express that you feel sorry or sad about a particular action in the past

I bet she wishes (that) she'd never got involved in the whole mess.

To want to do something

I wish to make a complaint.

To hope or express hope for another person's success or happiness or pleasure on a particular occasion

We wish you every success in the future.

To hope that something you want will be made real because of good luck or magical powers

He has everything he could possibly wish for.

Sinonimi

Contrari

wishnoun

Definizioni

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Her wish was to travel the world and experience different cultures.

An expression of a desire for someone's happiness or success.

He sent his best wishes for a speedy recovery.

A magical or supernatural request granted by a genie or similar entity.

The genie granted him three wishes after he rubbed the magic lamp.