well-wish
well-wish noun: an expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
Noun
well-wish (plural well-wishes)
- An expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
- He greeted me always, the epitome of cheer, with some gnomic well-wish that half the time I could not make out.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 245
- “Patrick Flannery?” Lilah grinned. “He is cute. Maybe you should take him some soup and well-wishes.”2012, Tanya Michaels, Mistletoe Hero, →ISBN
Verb
well-wish (third-person singular simple present well-wishes, present participle well-wishing, simple past and past participle well-wished)
- To express well-wishes; to wish someone well.
- She kept an eye on Nash as he shoved his hands deep into his pockets, as Barry well-wished other congregants outside the doors of the church.2011, Nicole Conn, Elena Undone, →ISBN
- Then you are welcomed and well-wished by all present and ceremony is concluded.2013, Dennis Wheatley, The Satanist, →ISBN
well-wish meaning in Bengali
well-wish in Bengali
- well-wish
- শুভেচ্ছা śubheccha
Examples of well-wish in a sentence
- Select someone to whom you can at least pretend to send well-wishes.2015, Robert A. Neimeyer, Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention, →ISBN:
- Over the years there have been many well-wishes as a New Year dawns, certainties that this would be the year for our miracles.2016, Natalia Hatton, Growth in the Wilderness, →ISBN:
Forms of well-wish
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | well-wishes |
| alternative form | wellwish |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | well-wishes |
| present participle | well-wishing |
| past participle | well-wished |
| past | well-wished |
Origin of well-wish
A back-formation from well-wisher.
Questions about well-wish
- What does well-wish mean?
- Well-wish means an expression of positive regard and hopes for good fortune.
- What is well-wish in Bengali?
- Well-wish in Bengali is শুভেচ্ছা (śubheccha). See Well-wish meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use well-wish in a sentence?
- Select someone to whom you can at least pretend to send well-wishes.
- What part of speech is well-wish?
- Well-wish can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of well-wish?
- The plural of well-wish is well-wishes.
Words near well-wish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: well-wish (page history and authors); শুভেচ্ছা (Bengali) (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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