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Plural of wish

regular plural

The plural of wish is wishes.

Forms of wish

Singularwish /ˈwɪʃ/
Pluralwishes /ˈwɪʃɪz/
Countablecountable

Wishes in a sentence

  • You have my best wishes.
  • How could wishes be granted in these days?1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
  • Our wishes were honored by changing the date of the wedding.From the entry honor
  • What, now he wishes he hadn't voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party? Serves him right!From the entry serve someone right
  • Anyone who wishes may quit and ride away, untroubled and unharried.From the entry unharried

Meaning of wish

  1. noun A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
  2. noun An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
  3. noun The thing desired or longed for.

Full definition of wish

Questions about the plural of wish

What is the plural of wish?
The plural of wish is wishes.
Is wish countable?
Wish is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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