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want English

Meaning want meaning

What does want mean?
Definitions in simple English

want Verb

— If you want to do something, you think you would be happier if you did it. Do you want to go to the park? I don't want to go to work today. He wants to know her name. Please, stop the bus. I want to get out here. I wanted to buy a new book, so I went to the shop. — If you want something, you think you would be happier if you had it. Do you want a drink? No thank you! I don't want one. He wants a new car. I can give you whatever you want. All I want is one more chance to do this. — If you want somebody to do something, you think you would be happier if they did it. I want you to help me. — If you want something to happen, you think you would be happier if it happened. I want everyday to be my birthday. — If you want to do something, your body has a strong feeling that it will do it. Every time I see it, I want to be sick. Flowers make me want to sneeze. — If you tell somebody "you might want to" do something, you mean they should do it. You might want to study more for your tests. — If someone or something wants for something, they don't have it or don't have enough of it. — If you want someone, you want to have sex with them. — If you want up, down, in, out, etc., you want to go there or your want somebody to help you go there. Can you open the door? I think the dog wants out.

want Noun

— A want is something that you want. The wants and needs of the people are not being met. — something that you do not have or do not have enough of The car wouldn't run for want of gas.

want

— verb (= desire) feel or have a desire for; want strongly I want to go home now I want my own room — verb (= need) have need of This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner — verb hunt or look for; want for a particular reason Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI Uncle Sam wants you — noun (= privation) a state of extreme poverty — verb wish or demand the presence of I want you here at noon! — noun (= need) anything that is necessary but lacking he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs I tried to supply his wants — noun (= lack, deficiency) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable there is a serious lack of insight into the problem water is the critical deficiency in desert regions for want of a nail the shoe was lost — noun (= wish, wishing) a specific feeling of desire he got his wish he was above all wishing and desire — verb be without, lack; be deficient in want courtesy want the strength to go on living flood victims wanting food and shelter

Synonyms want synonyms

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want English » English

desire wish need like poverty love deficiency lack wish for require shortage will absence destitution necessity long for hope demand scarcity requirement indigence request crave shortcoming defect covet privation intend dearth anxious to penury be willing to ask for willing think neediness look for flaw feel like seek gap expect deprivation aspire ask yearn for yearn shortness prefer insufficiency

Topics want topics

What do people use want to talk about?
Language and thought

Want
Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
States Quantity Enough

Lack
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore
Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone
Social behavior Behavior Love

Hate, ill will
Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
States Quantity Enough

Need
States Time Take time

A long time
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Agent-oriented modalities

  • desire: the agent of the verb desires or wants to complete the action of the verb.
    want to would like to

Conjugation want conjugation

How do you conjugate want?

want · verb

Examples want examples

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Simple sentences

I don't want to wait that long.
When you can't do what you want, you do what you can.
I don't want to go to school.
She doesn't want to talk about it.
Most people only want to hear their own truth.
I want an MP3 player!
You must consider what kind of work you want to do.
I want you to read this book.
I want a few empty glasses.
If there is anything you want, don't hesitate to ask me.
I don't want to go alone.
It's because you don't want to be alone.
I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!
When I grow up, I want to be a king.
I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
I don't want it.
I didn't want this to happen.
I didn't want that to happen.
I did want that to happen.
I suppose that behind each thing we have to do, there's something we want to do.
It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
I want a boat that will take me far away from here.
I want a boat that'll take me far away from here.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.
What do you want?

Movie subtitles

Just go to sleep. If you don't want to die.
I don't want to be the mom?
Have you no idea what you want in a women?
Don't wanna? He doesn't want any. Your twins are too cute.
I want to raise twins too.
We don't have much food, but do you want to eat at my house?
You know I'm a gangster, right? Do you want to get hit or do you want to eat?
You, do you want to see me die today?
Want me to be your brother?
Want to be my little brother?
Don't want it? Then don't do it.
I want morphine!
I want to apologise, I am sorry,..
But. There are those who will want it to mean something and will start to analyze it.
I want to contact that person.
What does a special envoy want?
You want to apply to the special zone?
What do you want?
I won't be selfish and say I want to see her again.
It you did not want to do that, you had to work in Germany.
Most students did not want that either and they had to hide.
We Saint-Simonians, who follow the teachings of our master, the late Count of Saint-Simon, a remarkable economist and philosopher, want to build a new society based on progress.
We want to help the Arabs, to protect their language and their religion. We wish to let them run their own country and help them gradually take in the values of modern Western civilization.
You want me to spy on the Arabs?
Want to buy some?
Want a woman?
Want to try?
Kids can get pretty much anything they want in the yard, as long as they can afford it.
I'm only giving the kids what they want.
It was Frankie's, and he's going to want to talk to you.
And Frankie is the last guy you want to owe money to.
I didn't want to believe her, but deep down I knew she was telling the truth.
Nick doesn't want him anymore. Why would we hire a loser like you?
Maybe to adults it looks like we're just running around, playing whatever we want to, wherever we want to, running all around the yard, willy-nilly without barriers or boundaries.
Kids can't just play anywhere they want, because the yard is carved up into a whole bunch of, like, territories.
Anyone can play there if they want- - The nerds can't stop them.
They also control the soccer pitch, which means if you want to play there, you have to ask permission from Frankie and his crew.
We want to play the winners. The losers of this game are playing the winners.
You want us to enforce them?
Bud, I want to get you in there. I do.

News and current affairs

Of course, we want to continue to find ways to make ourselves less vulnerable and terrorists more so.
But donor countries want to see the money they give to finance schools or health clinics spent on schools and health clinics; they don't want to see it added to a nation's reserves.
But it is also true that although some people are eager to take pills that make them feel better or think faster, it is not so obvious that people would really want to take pills that would make them morally better.
It is not clear that people really want to be morally better.
And those who, like the psychopathic Alex, need the most help are probably those who would want it least.
Countries that want to integrate further can do so.
I don't want to reach the destination that some of our partners may aspire to.
But I don't want to block their way.
But Obama also knows that if the existing nuclear states want others to accept tougher restrictions, they will have to cut back their nuclear arsenals.
These countries did not want to be recipients of capital inflows, because they realized that this would wreak havoc with their need to maintain competitive currencies.
The Americans want full EU membership for Turkey--a longstanding NATO member and close American ally--while Europeans complain about the Turkish military's domestic political role.
Those crisis countries that do not want to take it upon themselves to lower their prices should be given the opportunity to leave the eurozone temporarily in order to devalue prices and debts.
This has given new strength to those who want Turkey to develop in another direction, towards a more Islamic society instead of a modern secular state.
That doesn't mean that we are advocating a move to socialism; we want better and smarter regulation, not regulation for its own sake.
Will we want to take them if they ever become available?
Using more air-conditioning to cool our houses in summer will do the same - although this is vital if we want to save lives.
For starters, the ENP assumes that all of the EU's neighbors, both in the south and in the east, ultimately want to realize European values and structures in their own countries.
This leaves us with the third question: what kind of Turkey does the EU want?
Liu's harsh prison sentence was meant as an exemplary measure, a stern warning to all other Chinese who might want to follow his path.
Much of Europe seems to be stuck in the same mindset: we say that we want a common foreign and security policy, but we do nothing about it until a crisis emerges.

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