1want1 (wɒnt
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to feel a need or longing for ⇒
I want a new hat
- (when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to wish, need, or desire (something or to do something) ⇒
he wants to go home
- (intr) usually used with a negative and often foll by for to be lacking or deficient (in something necessary or desirable) ⇒
the child wants for nothing
- (tr) to feel the absence of ⇒
lying on the ground makes me want my bed
- (tr) to fall short by (a specified amount)
- (tr) mainly British to have need of or require (doing or being something) ⇒
your shoes want cleaning
- (intr) to be destitute
- (tr; often passive) to seek or request the presence of ⇒
you're wanted upstairs
- (intr) to be absent
- (tr; takes an infinitive) informal should or ought (to do something) ⇒
you don't want to go out so late
- See want in
- See want out
noun
- the act or an instance of wanting
- anything that is needed, desired, or lacked ⇒
to supply someone's wants
- a lack, shortage, or absence ⇒
for want of common sense
- the state of being in need; destitution ⇒
the state should help those in want
- a sense of lack; craving
Alternative Forms
ˈwanter nounWord Origin
C12 (vb, in the sense: it is lacking), C13 (n): from Old Norse vanta to be deficient; related to Old English wanian to waneSynonyms
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Translations
- British English:
want
If you want something, you would like to have it.wɒnt VERB
- Spanish:
querer
v
- French:
vouloir
vt
- German:
wollen
v
- Chinese: 要 v
- Arabic: يُريدُ v
- Portuguese: querer v
- Russian: хотеть v
- Croatian: željeti v
- Czech: chtít v
- Danish: ønske v
- Dutch: moeten v
- Finnish: haluta v
- Greek: θέλω v
- Italian: volere v
- Japanese: 欲しい v
- Korean: 원하다 v
- Norwegian: ønske (seg) v
- Polish: chcieć v
- Brazilian Portuguese: querer v
- European Spanish:
querer
v
- Swedish: vilja v
- Thai: ต้องการ v
- Turkish: istemek v
- Vietnamese: muốn v
Usage examples
What got to me was that she didn't want to get married any more.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)"Oh, you think it strange that I should want to hurt my husband?
Country Life (2004)They want to consider whether Mr Bush is serious about attacking Iraq.
Irish Times (2002)And I don't want a collection of mindless halfwits in football shirts celebrating their tribalism by singing sectarian songs in the street.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In Britain surveys show that many more people want to ban fox-hunting than want to ban parents smacking their children.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)