want

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ human

▪ material

VERB + WANT

▪ meet, satisfy

▪ Society can't satisfy all human wants.

PREPOSITION

▪ for want of

▪ Refugees are dying for want of proper health care.

▪ in want

▪ Thousands of children are living in want.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ badly, desperately, really

▪ just, only, simply

▪ I just want you to be happy.

▪ genuinely, truly

▪ If you truly want to help, just do as I say.

▪ always

▪ Thanks for the present—it's just what I've always wanted.

▪ never

PHRASES

▪ all you want

▪ All I want is the truth.

▪ exactly what you want, just what you want

Want is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑consumer, ↑side, ↑voter

Want is used with these nouns as the object: ↑access, ↑adventure, ↑affection, ↑answer, ↑apology, ↑assurance, ↑attention, ↑autograph, ↑autonomy, ↑baby, ↑break, ↑clarification, ↑company, ↑custody, ↑cut, ↑divorce, ↑drink, ↑equality, ↑explanation, ↑fight, ↑forgiveness, ↑freedom, ↑fun, ↑guarantee, ↑guidance, ↑hand, ↑help, ↑job, ↑justice, ↑kid, ↑liberation, ↑opinion, ↑promotion, ↑proof, ↑protection, ↑reassurance, ↑resolution, ↑respect, ↑return, ↑revenge, ↑ride, ↑sympathy, ↑trouble, ↑vengeance, ↑visitor, ↑volunteer, ↑wee

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want — verb. 1. Want is of Norse origin and came into English in the 13c. The dominant meaning in current usage is ‘to desire or wish for’ (Tom wants a computer for Christmas / What do you want to do now?), and a range of earlier meanings equivalent to… … Modern English usage
want — [wänt, wônt] vt. [ME wanten < ON vanta, to be lacking, want: see WANT the n.] 1. to have too little of; be deficient in; lack 2. to be short by (a specified amount) [it wants twelve minutes of midnight] 3. to feel the need of; long for; crave… … English World dictionary
Want — Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] [1913 Webster] 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Want — (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. [root]139. See {Wane}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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want — I noun absence, conatus, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, desideratum, desire, destitution, distress, exigency, impoverishment, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, necessitude, necessity, need, needfulness, neediness, paucity, pauperism … Law dictionary
Want — Want, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See {Want} to lack.] [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
want — want; want·age; want·er; want·less; want·less·ness; … English syllables
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