want
want
wɑ:nt
vaant
/wɒnt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "want"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to wish to do or have something
Transitive: to want sth | to want to do sth
to want definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I just want a glass of water for today.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āϜāϞ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤
1.1

āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have a need for something
Transitive: to want sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The recipe wants two cups of flour and one cup of sugar.
āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to sexually desire someone
Transitive: to want sb
to want definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't stop thinking about you and how much I want you.
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āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to desire or need someone or something to be in a specific place or doing a certain thing
Complex Transitive: to want sb/sth somewhere | to want sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef wants you to taste the sauce and give your opinion.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϚāĻžāύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āύāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇

(of a suspect) to be searched for by the police for interrogation or questioning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fugitive is wanted by the police for escaping from prison.
āĻĒāϞāĻžāϤāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻœā§‡āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāϚāĻŋāϤ

used to advise someone or give suggestions about a certain matter
Transitive: to want to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You want to check your email before you leave the house.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āχāĻŽā§‡āχāϞ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suffer the lack of something
Transitive: to want for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The desert landscape wants for vegetation and water.
āĻŽāϰ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āĻĒ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāϞ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ­ā§‹āϗ⧇āĨ¤
01

āϚāϰāĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āϝ, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–

a state of extreme poverty
02

āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž, āφāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻž

a specific feeling of desire
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

anything that is necessary but lacking
04

āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

wanted
wanter
wanting
want
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