Want word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
[noun] 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] a state of extreme poverty
[verb] wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
[verb] 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"
[verb] feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
[verb] be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
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\Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] 1. 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. They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl. Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. --Milton. The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson. 2. 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. 3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. `` What wants my son?'' --Addison. I want to speak to you about something. --A. Trollope.
\Want\, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See {Want} to lack.] 1. 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. The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. --Dryden. 2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want. --B. Jonson. For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. --Pope. Note: Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. ``Him wanted audience.'' --Chaucer.
Synonyms for want
deficiency, deprivation, desire, lack, lack, need, need, privation, require, wish, wishing
See also: absence | ambition | be | begrudge | care | crave | cry | dearth | demand | demand | desire | envy | essential | famine | fancy | feel like | go for | hanker | hope | hunger | impoverishment | itch | lech after | like | long | look for | lust | lust after | mineral deficiency | miss | miss | necessary | necessity | need | need | poorness | poverty | requirement | requisite | search | seek | seek | shortage | spoil | starve | stringency | take to | thirst | tightness | velleity | wish | wish well | yearn |
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Let's analyse "want" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNAW. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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want: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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