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ALL meanings of want

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  • verb want should or ought (to do something) 0
  • noun want the act or an instance of wanting 0
  • noun want anything that is needed, desired, or lacked 0
  • noun want a lack, shortage, or absence 0
  • noun want the state of being in need; destitution 0
  • noun want a sense of lack; craving 0
  • noun want a mole 0
  • verb transitive want to have too little of; be deficient in; lack 0
  • verb transitive want to be short by (a specified amount) 0
  • verb transitive want to feel the need of; long for; crave 0
  • verb transitive want to desire; wish or long 0
  • verb transitive want to wish to see or speak with (someone) 0
  • verb transitive want to wish to apprehend, as for questioning or arrest 0
  • verb transitive want to require; need 0
  • intransitive verb want to have a need or lack 0
  • intransitive verb want to lack the necessities of life; be destitute or impoverished 0
  • intransitive verb want to be lacking or missing for completeness or a certain result 0
  • noun want the state or fact of lacking, or having too little of, something needed or desired; scarcity; shortage; lack 0
  • noun want a lack of the necessities of life; poverty; destitution 0
  • noun want a wish or desire for something; craving 0
  • noun want something needed or desired but lacking; need 0
  • noun want (Countable Noun) A desire, wish, longing. 0
  • noun want (Countable Noun) (often followed by of) Lack, absence. 0
  • noun want (Uncountable Noun) Poverty. 0
  • noun want Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt. 0
  • noun want (Britain, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. 0
  • verb want (Transitive Verb) To wish for or to desire (something). 0
  • verb want (Intransitive Verb) (now dated) To be lacking, not to exist. 0
  • verb want (Transitive Verb) To lack, not to have (something). 0
  • verb want (Transitive Verb) (colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something). 0
  • verb want (Intransitive Verb) (dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. 0
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