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want

English

  1. 🔊 anything that is necessary but lacking
    “he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs”
  2. 🔊 a state of extreme poverty
  3. 🔊 a specific feeling of desire
    “he got his wish”
  4. 🔊 the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    “there is a serious lack of insight into the problem”
  5. 🔊 wish or demand the presence of
    “I want you here at noon!”
  6. 🔊 have need of
    “This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”
  7. 🔊 hunt or look for
    “Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI”
  8. 🔊 be without, lack
    “want courtesy”
  9. 🔊 feel or have a desire for
    “I want to go home now”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 pintar to want
  2. 🔊 tener ganas to want, desire
  3. 🔊 gustar to want, to please
  4. 🔊 gustar to want, to desire

Similar words

wish wishing need lack deficiency privation deprivation neediness need require desire absence ache to adulteration aim at ardor arrearage ask awayness bare cupboard bare necessities bare subsistence be desirous of be dying to