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want
- pronunciation:
- want
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- want out, want in
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
wanted, wanting, wants |
| definition 1: |
to desire; wish for.
I want some lunch.- synonyms:
- desire, wish
- similar words:
- covet, crave, hanker after, hanker for, long for, yearn for
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| definition 2: |
to wish, crave, or demand (often fol. by an infinitive).
I want to go home now.- synonyms:
- desire, wish
- similar words:
- ask, crave, demand, prefer, request, supplicate, will
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| definition 3: |
to be without or lacking in; lack.
- synonyms:
- lack, need, require
- similar words:
- demand, miss
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| definition 4: |
to require; need.
This coat wants mending.- synonyms:
- need, require
- similar words:
- demand
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| definition 5: |
to seek in order to capture.
The police want him for armed robbery.- synonyms:
- seek
- similar words:
- chase, hunt, pursue, search
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| related words: |
aspire, will, wish |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to have a need or desire.
- synonyms:
- need
- similar words:
- crave, demand, hanker, wish, yearn
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| definition 2: |
to be inclined; wish; like.
Come over if you want.- synonyms:
- care, like, wish
- similar words:
- choose, decide, please
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| definition 3: |
to be in a condition of need.
- synonyms:
- lack, need
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| related words: |
ache, care, long, thirst, yen |
| phrase: |
want out |
| phrase: |
want in |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something that is desired or needed.
- synonyms:
- exigency, necessity, need, requisite
- similar words:
- demand, desire, essential, hope, lack, longing, mind, requirement, wish, yearning, yen
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| definition 2: |
lack; deficiency.
They starved for want of food.- synonyms:
- absence, deficiency, destitution, lack, need
- similar words:
- dearth, insufficiency, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage
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| definition 3: |
the state of lacking something; need.
in want of a good book- synonyms:
- necessity, need
- similar words:
- craving, desire, hope, longing, privation, wish
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| definition 4: |
the state of lacking in the usual necessities of life; destitution.
- synonyms:
- destitution, indigence, need, penury, poverty
- similar words:
- beggary, hardship, misery, necessity, privation
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| related words: |
absence, appetite, need, thirst, trouble |
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