wished-for
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈwɪʃt fɔr/
:
deseado
- She received the kind of support from her friends that she had wished for during tough times.
- things she wished-for
- ever wished-for
- long wished-for
Examples
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That night, you gave me what I wished for.
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My father knew we'd meet again, though he would have wished for happier circumstances.
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More than anything, they wished for a child.
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Tell me what you wished for.
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Every girl among us wishes for the same thing.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was so very alone, you see, and I wished for comfort.
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Night after night I've thought of you here and wished for it with all my being.
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And that's the most precious Christmas gift I could have wished for.
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After years of trying to conceive, they finally had the child they had always wished for.
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The luxury vacation was the experience he had wished for since he was a child.
Synonyms
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3.5
Wanted or expected because people want a good result
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6.0
Wanted very much for a long time
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5.5
A thing people want and hope for after many years
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4.1
Wanted by many people
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4.4
Wanted by many people because it is rare or special
Something that people want very much
A person or thing many people are looking for
Expected with hope or excitement
Antonyms
How Desired
Surface Forms
Morphology
wished-for = wished (transparent) = for + wish + ed
A compound of the participial form 'wished' and the preposition 'for', whose combined meaning 'desired' is directly inferable. [Postprocessing: moved 'for' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
The word wished-for comes from the simple verb wish ('want') and the word for, and it gives the picture of something people have been hoping to get. So a 'wished-for' thing is one that is very much wanted.