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English

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Pronunciation
italbrac|UK: AHD|/w�nt/, IPA|/w�nt/, SAMPA|/wQnt/
italbrac|General American|US: AHD|/wänt/, IPA|/w�nt/, SAMPA|/wAnt/
audio|en-us-want.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Etymology
ME., from ON. vanta

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive to wish for or desire (something).

#:What do you want to eat?

1. transitive To lack (something).

#:There was something wanting in the play.

1. context|transitive|informal To require (something).

#:That chair wants fixing. (= That chair requires to be fixed.)

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
:* In sense 1 it takes the to infinitive.
:* In sense 3 it takes the gerund (-ing).

Synonyms
(desire): desire, wish for, would like
(lack): lack
(require): be in need of, need, require

Derived terms
wanted
want for<!--as in "want for nothing"-->
wanting<!--adjective, as in "leave something wanting"-->

Translations
trans-top|desire
Afrikaans: wil
Albanian: do
Arabic: Arab|راد (r�da)
trreq|Armenian
Bosnian: htjeti
Bulgarian: и�кам, жела�
Catalan: voler
Chinese: �, ��, 缺�
Croatian: htjeti
Czech: chtít
Danish: ville
Dutch: willen
Esperanto: voli
trreq|Estonian
Fijian: vinakata
Filipino: magustohan
Finnish: tahtoa, haluta
French: vouloir
German: wollen
trreq|Greek, Ancient
Greek, Modern: θέλ�
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: akar
Ido: dezirar, volar (want to)
Indonesian: mau, hendak, ingin|menginginkan
trans-mid
Italian: volere
Japanese: 欲�� (���), �� (���)
Korean: �� (bilda), ��� (barada), ��� (wonhada)
Kurdish: xwestin, viyan
Latin: carere (lack/need), velle (wish)
Latvian: grib�t, v�l�ties
trreq|Lithuanian
trreq|Mongolian
Norwegian: ville, ønske
Old English: willan
Persian: FAchar|خ�است� (x�stæn)
Piemontese: vorej
Polish: chcie�
Portuguese: querer
Russian: �о�е�� (xotét�)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��е�и
:Roman: hteti
Slovene: hoteti
Spanish: querer
Swedish vill
Telugu: ��ర���న� (korukonu), వా��ి��� (vamchinchu)
Thai: Thai|อยา� (yàak)
Turkish: istemek
trreq|Vietnamese
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trans-top|lack
See lack
trans-mid
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trans-top|desire
See desire
trans-mid
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Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|s|-

1. Lack (of), absence of.

#:And well are worth the want that you have wanted.--Shakespeare, King Lear

1. poverty

Translations
trans-top|lack (of)
trans-mid
Romanian: lips� (de) f
Telugu: వా�� (vamcha), ��రి� (korika)
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trans-top|poverty
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Category:English control verbs

Dutch

Pronunciation

Homophones
wand#Dutch|wand

Noun
want f (plural wanten, diminutive wantje)

1. mitten

Conjunction
want

1. for

See also
aangezien
omdat

Old High German

Noun
want f

1. wall

Category:200 English basic words
Category:Emotions
Category:Old High German nouns

el:want
es:want
fa:want
fr:want
io:want
id:want
it:want
hu:want
nl:want
ja:want
pl:want
pt:want
ro:want
simple:want
fi:want
ta:want
te:want
vi:want
tr:want
zh:want

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