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Meaning
Verb
●
In Emotions:
To
wish
for or
desire
(something); to feel a need or
desire
for; to
crave
or demand.
To
make it
easy
or
tempting
to do something
undesirable
, or to
make it
hard
or
challenging
to
refrain
from doing it.
●
In Emotions:
To
wish
,
desire
, or
demand
to see, have the
presence
of or
do business
with.
●
In Emotions:
To
desire
(to experience
desire
); to wish.
●
To be
advised
to do something (compare should, ought).
●
To
lack
and be
in need
of or
require
(something, such as a
noun
or
verbal
noun
).
●
To have
occasion
for (something
requisite
or
useful
); to
require
or need.
●
To be
lacking
or
deficient
or absent.
●
To be
in a state
of
destitution
; to be
needy
; to lack.
●
To
lack
and be without, to not have (something).
●
To
lack
and (
be able to
) do without.
Noun
●
In Emotions:
A
desire
,
wish
, longing.
●
Lack,
absence
, deficiency.
●
Poverty.
●
Something
needed
or
desired
; a
thing
of which the
loss
is felt.
●
In British English & Mining:
A
depression
in
coal
strata
,
hollowed out
before the
subsequent
deposition
took
place.
●
In Soricomorphs:
A
mole
(Talpa europea).
Name
●
A
personification
of want.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
want
English
wanten
Middle English (1100-1500)
vanta
Old Norse
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Need
Lack
Scarcity
Would Like
Come Short
Set One'S Heart On
Related
Desire
Wish
Choose
Expect
Like
Prefer
Love
Have
Deserve
Do
See
Get
Think
Know
Desires
Crave
Allow
Needs
Believe
Feel
Say
Consider
Motive
Good
Needed
Require
Let
Wishes
Likes
Enjoy
Craving
More
Rhymes
Hunt
Aunt
Bunt
Font
Cunt
Want
Runt
Punt
Vaunt
Blunt
Shunt
Daunt
Front
Stunt
Haunt
Brunt
Jaunt
Taunt
Gaunt
Grunt
Flaunt
DéTente
Upfront
Affront
Confront
Poitou-Charentes
More
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