Meaning of want | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A personification of want.
2. A desire, wish, longing.
   countable
3. A mole (Talpa europea).
   dialectal
4. To be inclined or desirous; wish: Call me daily if you want.
5. Lack, absence, deficiency.
   countable
6. To be in need of: You shall want for nothing.
7. Poverty.
   uncountable
8. want in (or out),Informal. to desire admission or inclusion (or withdrawal).
9. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
   countable, uncountable
10. (American) a classified ad. kleinadvertensie إعْلان طَلَب، إعْلان مُبَوَّب لِطَلَب الوَظائِف обявление във вестник в колона търси се classificados inzerát ,,hledám`` die“gesucht”-Anzeigen rubrikannonce μικρή αγγελία anuncio clasificado tööpakkumis- või -otsimiskuulutus آگهي نيازمنديها pikkuilmoitus petite annonce מוֹדָעַת דְרוּשִׁים आवश्यकता है का इश्तहार oglas iz rubrike „Traži se“ apróhirdetés iklan baris (piccola pubblicità) 求人広告 구인 광고 skelbimas „Reikalinga“ darba sludinājums iklan sulit a...
    American
11. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
    UK, countable, uncountable
12. to lack. She wants for nothing. kort, kortkom يَحْتاجُ إلى، يَنْقُصُه имам нужда от precisar postrádat es fehlt ihr etc.an mangle στερούμαι, μου λείπει faltar, carecer puuduma كمبود داشتن puuttua manquer de חַסֵר - तंगी oskudijevati hiányt szenved vmiben kekurangan skorta mancare di 不足する 부족함을 느끼는 (kam) stigti izjust trūkumu kekurangan ontberenmangle, savne odczuwać brak carecer a-i lipsi, a nu avea нуждаться chýbať pogrešati oskudevati sakna ขาดแคลน muhtaç olmak, ihtiyacı olmak 缺少 потребувати...
13. To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly: She wants a glass of water. They want to leave. See Synonyms at desire.
14. To request the presence or assistance of: You are wanted by your office.
15. To have an inclination toward; like: Say what you want, but be tactful.
16. Informal To be obliged (to do something): You want to be careful on the ice.
    Informal
17. To be in need of; require: "'Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter" (Lewis Carroll).

Equivalents

Examples

“After a search which produced most of the things on our wants list, we went down to picnic on the shore in the sunshine-with a good stretch of shingle behind us over which no triffid could approach unheard.”

“She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.”

“[H]eavens and honour be witness, that no want of resolution in me, but only my followers' base and ignominious treasons, makes me betake me to my heels.”

“They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.”

“Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.”

“Habitual superfluities become actual wants.”

“Lic. She hath the ears of a want. / Pec. Doth she want ears?”

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