WANT
\wˈɒnt], \wˈɒnt], \w_ˈɒ_n_t]\
Definitions of WANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
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have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
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wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
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hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
By Princeton University
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anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
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have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
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wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
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hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
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Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
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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.
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A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
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To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
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To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
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To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
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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; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
By Oddity Software
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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
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Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
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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.
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A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
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To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
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To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
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To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
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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; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
By Noah Webster.
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Lack; need; poverty; desire; necessity.
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To be without; have need of; desire.
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To be diflcient or lacking; come short; to be in poverty.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being without anything: absence of what is needful or desired: poverty: scarcity: need.
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To be deficient: to fall short.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To feel the need of; desire.
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To be without; be in need of; lack; require.
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To be needy; be deficient; be lacking or absent.
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Lack or absence of something; scarcity.
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Privation; poverty.
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Something lacking or desired.
By James Champlin Fernald
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