want to
想,想要,希望,要
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Definitions
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- : to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- : to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire: I want to see you.She wants to be notified.
- : to be without or be deficient in: to want judgment; to want knowledge.
- : to fall short by: The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount.
- : to require or need: The house wants painting.
- 1
- : to feel inclined; wish; like: We can stay home if you want.
- : to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need: He did not want for abilities.
- : to have need: If you want for anything, let him know.
- : to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty: She would never allow her parents to want.
- : to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness: All that wants is his signature.
- 1
- : something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few.
- : something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants.
- : absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.
- : the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant.
- : the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown.
- : a sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want.
Phrases
- want for nothing
- want in
- waste not, want not
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
She must toil on, sometimes far into the night, to satisfy the wants of her growing family.
I'm concerned that so many people experienced complications, for want of a more inclusive word.
In his research, he and his colleagues have found that when faced with decisions, CEOs rarely give weight to the wants and needs of stakeholders, largely because there is little value or profit incentive to do so.
Every buyer has their own list of wants, needs, and must not have’s in their head.
You can paint a spoon any color you want and go crazy with experimental patterns.
So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.
Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?
One wants speech to be free, but one doesn't actually want to hear it.
No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
The sailors sometimes use it to fry their meat, for want of butter, and find it agreeable enough.
It will be a busy session; and I want to see if I can't become a useful public man.
Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
I want to see the sort of thing happening to schools that has already happened to many sorts of retail shops.