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wish
English
Etymology
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English w?s?an (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijan? (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh?- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Danish ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?sh, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
wish (plural wishes)
- A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
- An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
- The thing desired or longed for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- (Sussex) A water meadow.
Usage notes
- Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- precatory
- velleity
Verb
wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)
- (transitive) To desire; to want.
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- Now John the butler must be sent
To learn the road that Phyllis went:
The groom was wished to saddle Crop;
For John must neither light nor stop,
But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
And bring her back alive or dead.
- Now John the butler must be sent
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
- 1808, Jane Austen, letter, 1 October:
- She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
- Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
- (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
- (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Usage notes
- In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
References
- wish at OneLook Dictionary Search
- wish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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option
English
Etymology
From French option, from Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p??n/
Noun
option (plural options)
- One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from the mid-18th c.]
Synonyms
- alternative
- choice
- possibility
- See also Thesaurus:option
Hypernyms
- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative
Hyponyms
- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant
Derived terms
- optionable
- optional
- option button
- stock option
Related terms
- opt
- optimal
- optimise, optimize
- optimism
- optimist
- optimistic
Translations
Verb
option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)
- To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]
- The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.
- (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
- The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
Further reading
- option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- option in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- potion
Finnish
Noun
option
- Genitive singular form of optio.
Anagrams
- opinto, opinto-
French
Etymology
From Latin opti? (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from opt? (“I choose, select”).
Pronunciation
Noun
option f (plural options)
- option
Further reading
- “option” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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