WANT definition: to feel a need or a desire for; wish for. See examples of want used in a sentence.

In informal situations, we can use want plus the to-infinitive to advise, recommend or warn. It is almost always in the present simple, but we can also use it with ’ll (the short form of will): …

WANT meaning: 1 : to desire or wish for (something) often followed by to + verb; 2 : to need (something)

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    You can want or desire something you’d like, or you can be in want of something you need. The word want goes back to the 12th century and the Old Norse language, where vanta meant "to be …

    The meaning of WANT is to be needy or destitute. How to use want in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Want.

  1. The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary: stayed home for want of anything better to do. 2. Pressing need; destitution: lives in want. 3. Something desired: a person of few wants …
  2. Definition of want verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

    If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. I want a drink. People wanted to know who this talented designer was. They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies.

    5 days agoΒ Β· want (third-person singular simple present wants, present participle wanting, simple past and past participle wanted) (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; …

    Definition of want verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

    If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. I want a drink. People wanted to know who this talented designer was. They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies.

    5 days agoΒ Β· want (third-person singular simple present wants, present participle wanting, simple past and past participle wanted) (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; …

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