# wishing

Pronunciation: say "WISH-ing" /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of wish. — present participle and gerund of wish
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of wish. Use this -ing form for a wish happening right now.
   - _He sat by the fountain, wishing his luck would turn._
   - _Crowds gathered at midnight, wishing the new year would bring better fortune._

## Noun

2. Gerund of wish. — gerund of wish (“the act of making a wish”)
   - Simple: Gerund of wish. It means the act of making a wish.
   - _A lifetime of wishing had taught her to act instead of hope._
   - _There was a quiet hope in his wishing, even when nothing came of it._

## Origin

Formed from "wish" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wishing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).