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WANT definition: 1. to wish for a particular thing or plan of action. "Want" is not used in polite requests: 2. to…. Learn more.
verb. ˈwȯnt. also. ˈwänt. and ˈwənt. wanted; wanting; wants. Synonyms of want. intransitive verb. 1. : to be needy or destitute. 2. : to have or feel need. never wants for friends. 3. : to be necessary or needed. 4. : to desire to come, go, or be. the cat wants in. wants out of the deal. transitive verb. 1.
noun. something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few. Synonyms: desideratum. 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.
You can want or desire something you’d like, or you can be in want of something you need. The word want goes back to the 12th century and the Old Norse language, where vanta meant "to be deficient," or “in want.”
Definition of want verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say to someone that you want something, or ask them if they want to do it, you are firmly telling them what you want or what you want them to do.
1. The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary: stayed home for want of anything better to do. 2. Pressing need; destitution: lives in want.
