Meaning ofwant in English
want
verb[T ]
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wantverb[T] (WISH)
I want somechocolate.
She wants ameeting with you.
He's everything you'dever want in a man -bright,funny andattractive.
[+ to infinitive ]What do you wanttoeat?
[+ obj + to infinitive ]Do you want meto take you to theairport?
[+ obj + past participle ]Thispackage - do you want itsent today?
[+ obj + adj ]Do you want thispiehot?
[+ obj + -ing verb ]I don't want youcoming in at two a.m.,waking me up.
Compare
want out (ofsomething)informal
See more- ache forsomethingphrasal verb
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomethingphrasal verb
- burn
- fancy
- hearty appetite
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomethingphrasal verb
- hungrily
- pine
- seeker
- setyour heart onsomething/doing somethingidiom
- setyour sights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- shopping list
- sight
- someone's heart's desireidiom
wantverb[T] (NEED)
UK
to need something:
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- chronic disease
- go without(something)phrasal verb
- hard up
- hour
- if it wasn't/weren't forphrase
- insomeone's hour of needidiom
- minus
- sans
- scrape
- scrape the bottom of the barrelidiom
- scream
- scream (out) forsomethingidiom
- shortage
- shy
- skimpily
- starved
Grammar
want
noun
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wantnoun (LACK)
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- chronic disease
- go without(something)phrasal verb
- hard up
- hour
- if it wasn't/weren't forphrase
- insomeone's hour of needidiom
- minus
- sans
- scrape
- scrape the bottom of the barrelidiom
- scream
- scream (out) forsomethingidiom
- shortage
- shy
- skimpily
- starved
want | American Dictionary
Examplesofwant
want
Even his notes show someone who wants what he says to be clear.
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Selecting an out-of-state comparison, if we wanted it, is harder here.
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If possible, the constitutionalists wanted to turn back the clock and resurrect the regime that had offered such hope before the war.
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Moreover, open rebellion might encourage those who wanted to cast aside the rules of property along with those of politics.
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Everything wants to be what it must be.
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The cynic wants to know why the individual has rights over against the collective.
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Secondly, the discerning observer will find the advocates of population control mainly wanting poor black families to have fewer children.
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By 1910 she wanted the party to go all the way and endorse the general strike motion itself.
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He wanted political preferment, but could not get it.
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After he read them, he no longer wanted to see them.
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She wants to know him, in his unique humanity.
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Really he wanted to get on with seeking to become a priest.
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Far from wanting to create aesthetically pleasing colour combinations, he sought to convey a message about" the human drama" which" transcended self".
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We have already seen how the creators of wants, the psychology-manipulators in advertising, had set about trying to undermine it.
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Many parents wanted to send their children to grammar schools, but these were ceasing to be available.
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हवे असणे…
（私は物）がほしい, （他の人は物）をほしがっている, ～（し）たいと思う…
istemek, arzu etmek, gereksinim duymak…
vouloir, avoir besoin de, manquer (de)…
voler…
graag willen, nodig hebben, ontberen…
ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட விஷயம் அல்லது செயல் திட்டத்தை விரும்புவது. கண்ணியமான கோரிக்கைகளில்" வேண்டும் " பயன்படுத்தப்படுவதில்லை…
चाहना…
ઈચ્છા, જરૂરત, અપેક્ષા…
gerne ville have, gerne ville, trænge til…
vilja, behöva, sakna…
mahu, hendak, perlu…
wollen, brauchen, mangeln…
ville, ville ha, ønske…
چاہنا…
хотіти, бажати, потребувати…
хотеть, нуждаться…
కావాలి…
يُريد, يَرْغَب…
চাওয়া…
chtít, potřebovat, mít nedostatek…
menginginkan, memerlukan, kekurangan…
ต้องการ, อยากได้, จำเป็น…
muốn, cần, thiếu…
chcieć, wymagać, potrzebować…
(물건을) 원하다, -하고 싶다…
volere, (avere bisogno di), occorrere…
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