Definitions for want

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want want

Spelling: [wont, wawnt]

IPA: /wɒnt, wɔnt/

Want is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in want (antw).

Definitions for want

noun

1. something wanted or needed; necessity:
2. something desired, demanded, or required:
3. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack:
4. the state of being without something desired or needed; need:
5. the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty:
6. a sense of lack or need of something:

Idioms

1. want in / out, Chiefly Midland. to desire to enter or leave: Informal. to desire acceptance in or release from something specified:

verb (used with object)

1. to feel a need or a desire for; wish for:
2. to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive):
3. to be without or be deficient in:
4. to fall short by (a specified amount):
5. to require or need:

verb (used without object)

1. to feel inclined; wish; like (often followed by to):
2. to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes followed by for):
3. to have need (usually followed by for):
4. to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty:
5. to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness:

Origin of want

1150-1200; Middle English wante Old Norse vanta to lack

Examples for want

"I suppose you want to be taken back," said the superintendent, abruptly.

Why should you want to see me do well, after our little affair?

Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?

I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.

Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.

People can talk all they want to about your bein' just a dub—I won't believe 'em.

What an amazing thing to be able to listen to any music you want, a whole world of bands.

So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.

Just sit around and talk wise about me all you want to, but watch.

But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.