"wishful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪʃfəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wishful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more wishful [comparative], most wishful [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃfəl Etymology: From wish + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wish|ful|pos=adjective}} wish + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} wishful (comparative more wishful, superlative most wishful)
  1. (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wishful-en-adj-SZk92t-t Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 41 24
  2. Expressing a wish or longing for something. Translations (expressing a wish or longing for something): желаещ (želaešt) (Bulgarian), željan (Serbo-Croatian), čežnjiv (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-wishful-en-adj-WV7Rcc03 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of 'expressing a wish or longing for something': 9 89 2
  3. Aspiring, or seeking advancement. Translations (aspiring, or seeking advancement): кандидатстващ (kandidatstvašt) (Bulgarian), życzeniowy (Polish), togarrach (Scottish Gaelic), željan (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-wishful-en-adj-GGGVfXfT Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 41 24 Disambiguation of 'aspiring, or seeking advancement': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wishfully, wishfulness, wishful recycling, wishful thinker, wishful thinking, wishful thought

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