Want

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly: synonym: desire.
  • intransitive verb. To desire (someone to do something).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To request the presence or assistance of.
  • intransitive verb. To seek with intent to capture.
  • intransitive verb. To have an inclination toward; like.
  • intransitive verb. To be obliged (to do something).
  • intransitive verb. To be in need of; require.
  • intransitive verb. To be without; lack.
  • intransitive verb. To be inclined or desirous; wish.
  • noun. The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary.
  • noun. Pressing need; destitution.
  • noun. Something desired.
  • noun. A defect of character; a fault.
  • phrasal verb. To be in need of.
  • phrasal verb. To desire greatly to enter.
  • phrasal verb. To wish to join a project, business, or other undertaking.
  • phrasal verb. To desire greatly to leave.
  • phrasal verb. To wish to leave a project, a business, or other undertaking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The mole or moldwarp.
  • To be without; be destitute of; lack: as, to want knowledge or judgment; to want food, clothing, or money.
  • To be deficient in; fall short in; be lack ing in respect of, or to the amount of.
  • To do without; dispense with; spare.
  • To have occasion for, as something requi site, useful, or proper; require; need.
  • To feel a desire for; feel the need of; wish or long for; desire; crave.
  • To desire to see, speak to, or do business with; desire the presence or assistance of; de sire or require to do something: as, you are the very man we want; call me if I am wanted; the general wanted him to capture the battery.
  • To be lacking, deficient, or absent.
  • To fail; give out; fall short.
  • To be in need; suffer from lack of some thing.
  • noun. Lack; deficiency; scarcity; dearth, or absence of what is needed or desired: as, want of thought; want of money.
  • noun. A vacant part, place, or space; a vacancy.
  • noun. That which is lacking, but needed; the vacancy caused by the absence of some need ful, important, or desirable thing.
  • noun. The state of being without means; poverty; penury; indigence.
  • noun. A time of need.
  • noun. That which cannot be dispensed with; a necessity.
  • noun. In coal-mining, same as nip, 8.
  • noun. Synonyms Insufficiency, scantiness, dearth, default, failure.
  • noun. Requirement, de sideratum.
  • noun. Need, Indigence, etc. (see poverty), dis tress, straits.
  • noun. A glove.
  • Lacking; deficient.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack
  • transitive verb. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need.
  • transitive verb. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
  • noun. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack
  • noun. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
  • noun. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
  • noun. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
  • intransitive verb. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of.
  • Word Usage
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    Form
    want ad  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    ambition  begrudge  care  crave  envy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Labonte  Vermont  aunt  avant  commandant  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    advantage  am  ching  consequence  deckt  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    wanted  wanting  wants