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wishlist

US/ˈwɪʃ.lɪst/

wishlist is the alternative form of wish list.

Meaning of wish list

Noun

wish list (plural wish lists)

  1. A list of desired things.
    • Also on the wish list is completion of the Borders Railway, electrification to Stirling/Perth/Inverness and Dundee/Aberdeen, as well as upgrades to the Cumbrian Coast Line and electrification of Barrow-Carnforth and Windermere-Oxenholme.2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Network News: High-speed rail to Scotland to rebalance the economy”, in Rail, page 21

Verb

wishlist (third-person singular simple present wishlists, present participle wishlisting, simple past and past participle wishlisted)

  1. To include on a wishlist.
    • The books table will hold the core information about each book, and the library table will hold each user’s information about that book—namely, whether it’s been read or wishlisted.2017 September, John S. Tonello, “The Full Stack Project”, in Linux Journal, number 281, page 81
    • The titles featured saw staggering numbers of people checking out their store pages and wishlisting the games (this is key, as on launch day, an email is sent to remind players to pick up the game).2019 August, “Universal remote”, in Edge, number 334, page 14

Forms of wishlist

Noun
pluralwishlists
Verb
third-person singular presentwishlists
present participlewishlisting
past participlewishlisted
pastwishlisted

Origin of wishlist

From wish + list.

Questions about wishlist

What does wishlist mean?
Wishlist means to include on a wishlist.
What is wishlist the alternative form of?
Wishlist is the alternative form of wish list.
What part of speech is wishlist?
Wishlist is a verb.
How do you pronounce wishlist?
Wishlist is pronounced /ˈwɪʃ.lɪst/ (US).
What is the past tense of wishlist?
The past tense of wishlist is wishlisted.

Words near wishlist in the dictionary

  1. wishingly
  2. wishings
  3. Wishkah
  4. wishless
  5. wishlessness
  6. wishlist
  7. wishlisted
  8. wishlisting
  9. wishlists
  10. wishly
  11. Wishma

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