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ALL meanings of want

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  • noun want Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for. 1
  • verb with object want to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new. 1
  • verb with object want to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive): I want to see you. She wants to be notified. 1
  • verb with object want to be without or be deficient in: to want judgment; to want knowledge. 1
  • verb with object want to fall short by (a specified amount): The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount. 1
  • verb with object want to require or need: The house wants painting. 1
  • verb without object want to feel inclined; wish; like (often followed by to): We can stay home if you want. 1
  • verb without object want to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes followed by for): He did not want for abilities. 1
  • verb without object want to have need (usually followed by for): If you want for anything, let him know. 1
  • verb without object want to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty: She would never allow her parents to want. 1
  • verb without object want to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness: All that wants is his signature. 1
  • noun want something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few. 1
  • noun want something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants. 1
  • noun want absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain. 1
  • noun want the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant. 1
  • noun want the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown. 1
  • noun want a sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want. 1
  • idioms want want in / out, Chiefly Midland. to desire to enter or leave: The cat wants in. Informal. to desire acceptance in or release from something specified: I talked with Louie about our plan, and he wants in. 1
  • transitive verb want desire: sth 1
  • transitive verb want would like: to do sth 1
  • noun want lack 1
  • noun want desire 1
  • intransitive verb want to be destitute, poverty-stricken 1
  • transitive verb want request the presence of 1
  • transitive verb want need 1
  • transitive verb want require, would like: sth 1
  • transitive verb want + ing: need 1
  • transitive verb want desire sexually 1
  • verb want If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. 0
  • verb want You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. 0
  • verb want You use want in questions as a way of making an offer or inviting someone to do something. 0
  • verb want 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. 0
  • verb want If you say that something wants doing, you think that it needs to be done. 0
  • verb want If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it. 0
  • verb want If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime. 0
  • verb want If you want someone, you have a great desire to have sex with them. 0
  • verb want If a child is wanted, its mother or another person loves it and is willing to look after it. 0
  • verb want If someone wants you in a particular place or role, they desire you to be in that place or role. 0
  • singular noun want A want of something is a lack of it. 0
  • uncountable noun want Want is the state of being extremely poor. 0
  • noun plural want Your wants are the things that you want. 0
  • verb want to feel a need or longing for 0
  • verb want to wish, need, or desire (something or to do something) 0
  • verb want to be lacking or deficient (in something necessary or desirable) 0
  • verb want to feel the absence of 0
  • verb want to fall short by (a specified amount) 0
  • verb want to have need of or require (doing or being something) 0
  • verb want to be destitute 0
  • verb want to seek or request the presence of 0
  • verb want to be absent 0
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