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I wish

I wish phrase: used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true.

Phrase

I wish

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true.
    • - I don't know how I'm going to afford all these Christmas presents.
      - Maybe you'll win the lottery and become a millionaire overnight.
      - I wish!
    Synonyms:
    your lips to God's ears

I wish meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Malay

I wish in Hindi

I wish, if only
काश kāś

I wish in Urdu

I wish, if only
کاش kāś

I wish in Arabic

I would very much like that to be so
لَيْتَ layta, تَمَنَّى tamannā

I wish in Malay

I would very much like that to be so
sekira, semoga
More languagesFewer languages
I wish in Persian
کاش kâš, کاشکی kâški, ای کاش ey kâš

Synonyms of I wish

  • your lips to God's ears

Questions about I wish

What does I wish mean?
I wish means used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true.
What is I wish in Hindi?
I wish in Hindi is काश (kāś). See I wish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is I wish?
I wish is a phrase.

Words near I wish in the dictionary

  1. I want to speak to the manager haircut
  2. I want to speak to the manager haircuts
  3. I was born in ...
  4. I will yeah
  5. I wis
  6. I wish
  7. I wish I may be shot
  8. I wiss
  9. I would
  10. I would rather die
  11. I wouldn't piss on someone if they were on fire

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: I wish (page history and authors); काश (Hindi) (page history and authors); کاش (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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