want

B2
Pronunciation
/wɔnt/
/wɐnt/
/wɒnt/
/wɑnt/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

A desire, wish, longing.

2 Definition

(often followed by of) Lack, absence.

3 Definition

Poverty.

4 Definition

Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

5 Definition

A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

Example Sentences
  • What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
2 Definition

(in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Example Sentences
  • Danish police want him for embezzlement.
3 Definition

To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

Example Sentences
  • You can leave if you want.
4 Definition

(usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).

Example Sentences
  • You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.
5 Definition

(now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).

Example Sentences
  • That chair wants fixing.
6 Definition

(now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

7 Definition

To be lacking or deficient or absent.

Example Sentences
  • There was something wanting in the play.
8 Definition

To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Example Sentences
  • The paupers desperately want.
9 Definition

To lack and be without, to not have (something).

Example Sentences
  • She wanted anything she needed.
10 Definition

(by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.