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well-wishes

well-wishes is the plural of well-wish.

well-wishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of well-wish.

Meaning of well-wish

Noun

well-wish (plural well-wishes)

  1. (plural-normally) 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

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Questions about well-wishes

What is well-wishes the plural of?
Well-wishes is the plural of well-wish.

Words near well-wishes in the dictionary

  1. well-willing
  2. well-wish
  3. well-wished
  4. well-wisher
  5. well-wishers
  6. well-wishes
  7. well-wishing
  8. well-wishings
  9. well-wooded
  10. well-worn
  11. welladay

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