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   want

   /wɒnt/

   verb

   • 1. have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for: "I want an apple" Similar desirewish forhope forfancyhave a fancy fortake a fancy tohave an inclination forcare forlikeset one's heart onlong foryearn forpine forsigh forcravehanker afterhunger forthirst forlust aftercry out forbe desperate foritch forcovetneedbe bent oninformal:have a yen forbe dying for
   • ▪ wish to speak to (someone): "Tony wants me in the studio"
   • ▪ (of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning: "he is wanted by the police in connection with an arms theft"
   • ▪ desire (someone) sexually: "I've wanted you since the first moment I saw you"
   • ▪ desire to be in or out of a particular place or situation: informal North American "if anyone wants out, there's the door"
   • 2. should or need to do something: informal "you don't want to believe everything you hear" Similar shouldoughtneedmust
   • ▪ (of a thing) require to be attended to in a specified way: British "the wheel wants greasing" Similar needbe/stand in need ofrequiredemandcry out for
   • 3. lack something desirable or essential: literary "you shall want for nothing while you are with me"
   • ▪ (chiefly used in expressions of time) lack or be short of (a specified amount or thing): archaic "it wanted twenty minutes to midnight"

   noun

   • 1. a lack or deficiency of something: "Victorian houses which are in want of repair" Similar lackabsencenon-existenceunavailabilitydearthdeficiencyinadequacyinsufficiencypaucityshortageshortfallshortnessscarcityscarcenessscantinessundersupplydeficitrare:exiguityOpposite abundancepresence
   • ▪ the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty: "freedom from want" Similar needneedinessausterityprivationdeprivationpovertyimpoverishmentimpecuniousnessimpecuniositypennilessnesspauperismpenurydestitutionfaminedroughtindigenceOpposite wealthplenty
   • 2. a desire for something: "the expression of our wants and desires" Similar wishdesiredemandlongingyearningfancycravinghankeringneedrequirementnecessityessentialrequisiteinformal:yen

   Word Origin Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta‘be lacking’. The original notion of ‘lack’ was early extended to ‘need’ and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wanter noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   WANT definition: 1. to wish for a particular thing or plan of action. "Want" is not used in polite requests: 2. to…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of WANT is to be needy or destitute. How to use want in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Want.

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   noun. something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few. Synonyms: desideratum. something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.

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   Definition of want verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   1. The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary: stayed home for want of anything better to do. 2. Pressing need; destitution: lives in want.

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   You can want or desire something you’d like, or you can be in want of something you need. The word want goes back to the 12th century and the Old Norse language, where vanta meant "to be deficient," or “in want.”

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishWANT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   WANT definition: 1. to hope to have or do something, or to wish for something: 2. to need something: 3. used to…. Learn more.

9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › wantwant | meaning of want in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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   want meaning, definition, what is want: to have a desire for something: Learn more.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryWANT - All you need to know about it | Collins English Dictionary

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    Definitions of 'want' 1. If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. [...] 2. You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. [...] 3. If you say to someone that you want something, or ask them if they want to do it, you are firmly telling them what you want or what you want them to do. [...] More

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    Jun 15, 2024 · want - Wiktionary, the free dictionary. See also: Want, Wänt, wa'n't and wan't. Contents. 1 English. 1.1 Etymology 1. 1.1.1 Alternative forms. 1.1.2 Pronunciation. 1.1.3 Verb. 1.1.3.1 Usage notes. 1.1.3.2 Conjugation. 1.1.3.3 Synonyms. 1.1.3.4 Derived terms. 1.1.3.5 Descendants. 1.1.3.6 Translations. 1.1.4 Noun. 1.1.4.1 Derived terms.