want

Definition of want in English English dictionary: Poverty; Lack, absence
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.; To wish for or to desire (something)
What do you want to eat?.; A desire, wish, longing; To lack, not to have (something)
he that hath skill to be a pilot wants a ship; and he that could govern a commonwealth wants means to exercise his worth, hath not a poor office to manage.; To be lacking, not to exist
There was something wanting in the play.; To be in need of; to require (something)
The mowing-machine always wanted oiling. Barnet turned it under Jacob's window, and it creaked—creaked, and rattled across the lawn and creaked again.; {n} need, poverty, lack, deficiency, a mole; {v} to be without, need, fail, wish for, be short; The form taken by a human need as shaped by culture and individual personality; a state of extreme poverty; 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. I want an explanation from you, Jeremy If you have a problem with that, I want you to tell me right now Do you want to tell me what all this is about? I want my money back!; If a child is wanted, its mother or another person loves it and is willing to look after it. Children should be wanted and planned I want this baby very much, because it certainly will be the last; If you do something for want of something else, you do it because the other thing is not available or not possible. Many of them had gone into teaching for want of anything better to do; have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"; Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need; To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes; Your wants are the things that you want. Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods; much more of a sense of ``lack'' than it has today; In insurance sales terminology, a desire for certain coverage or for a certain amount of coverage There is a distinction between want and need Many people want coverage of types or in amounts that are not necessities Thus, wants may be in excess of needs, or vice versa; You can say that you want to say something to indicate that you are about to say it. Look, I wanted to apologize for today. I think I was a little hard on you; be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter; wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"; to wish for or desire (something); wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!" have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter; a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"; If you say that something wants doing, you think that it needs to be done. Her hair wants cutting. = need; If someone is wanted by the police, the police are searching for them because they are thought to have committed a crime. He was wanted for the murder of a magistrate. + wanted want·ed He is one of the most wanted criminals in Europe; anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"; To require (something); A want of something is a lack of it. a want of manners and charm = lack; A colloquial contraction of was not; Exists when someone has an unfulfilled need and has determined that a product or service will satisfy that need; To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack; To lack (something); You use want in questions as a way of making an offer or inviting someone to do something. Do you want another cup of coffee? Do you want to leave your bike here?; To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four; a psychological or physical desire that may be fulfilled through the consumption of goods and services; feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"; If you want something, you feel a desire or a need for it. I want a drink Ian knows exactly what he wants in life People wanted to know who this talented designer was They began to want their father to be the same as other daddies They didn't want people staring at them as they sat on the lawn, so they put up high walls He wanted his power recognised I want my car this colour And remember, we want him alive; If you tell someone that they want to do a particular thing, you are advising them to do it. You want to be very careful not to have a man like Crevecoeur for an enemy = ought; A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place; {f} desire; need; be without; lack; be deficient; be impoverished; have a desire for, as in: Children want to be loved and cared for; The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing; {i} desire; lack, shortage; poverty; need, demand; desear; querer (ie); That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure; be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"; the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"; If you want someone, you have a great desire to have sex with them. Come on, darling. I want you; To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing; To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave; Lack (of), absence of; hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
want ad: An advertisement seeking applicants for a job
want ads: plural form of want ad
want in: To want to be a part of something
want list: A list of items missing from a collection; especially a list of postage stamps that a collector is seeking to acquire
want out: To want to leave something
After six months in a tedious desk job, Anna wants out.
want-away: A want-away person or organisation
want-away: who wants to move to another club
want-away: seeking to move its workplace to another location
want ad: posting intended to find people to fill a job position
want ad: The want ads in a newspaper or magazine are small advertisements, usually offering things for sale or offering jobs. = classified ads. A classified advertisement. classified ad
want ad: a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted
want out: If you want out, you no longer want to be involved in a plan, project, or situation that you are part of. We've had enough, John. We want out
want to have one's cake and eat it: want to have all benefits, is not willing to take the good with the bad
waste not, want not: If one is not wasteful then one will not be needy
I'm a believer in “waste not, want not”, and we roast our leftover bread, finely sliced and brushed with olive oil, in a low oven.
I want to know: Used to explain a request for information
I want to know where the M-5 bus stops.
do not want: used to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard
Eww, furry...DO NOT WANT!.
if you want a thing done well, do it yourself: It is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well
wanted: Simple past tense and past participle of want
wanted: subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight
wanter: One who wants, or who wants something
wanter: Eye dialect spelling of want to
wanting: Absent or lacking
but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
wanting: Present participle of want
what do you want, a cookie: A phrase sometimes given as a retort to someone who has done something unsurprising or unimpressive and has seen fit to inform one of having done so
The way I see it, I'm already doing all the work, and I'm doing the spells and incantations, stated Bowolf. So what do you want, a cookie? laughed Prolok.
what do you want, a medal: A phrase sometimes given as a retort to someone who has done something unsurprising or unimpressive and has seen fit to inform one of having done so
you can't always get what you want: It is not always possible to get what is wanted
what the hell does she want?: what in the world does he desire?
wanting: {a} standing in need, destitute, desiient, absent
I don't want to: I do not wish to, I do not desire to
I want you: I am interested in you; I desire you sexually; I would like you to (do something, go somewhere, etc.)
I want you very much to: I would like you to
do you want to play chess: would you like to play a game of chess
doesn't want to: does not wish to, does not desire to
if you don't want: if you don't wish, if you don't require, if you are not interested
if you want: if you so desire, if you are interested, if you like
the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want: as long as I am guided by God I will have everything that I need (biblical)
to want something badly: desire with a passion, want something very much
wanted: {s} requested, sought after (as a criminal)
wanted: desired or wished for or sought; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster
wanted: wished for; desired; sought
wanted: past of want
wanter: a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many things and needer of none"
wanter: a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many things and needer of none
wanting: {s} missing, absent; deficient; lacking; without; less, minus
wanting: without
wanting: If you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be. He analysed his game and found it wanting. something that is wanting lacks or misses something that it needs or something that you expect it to have
wanting: Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion
wanting: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
wanting: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"
wants: plural of want
wants: the form, shaped by culture and individual personality, in which basic human needs are given expression For example, the need to satisfy hunger might be expressed as a want of meat by one person, and as a want of fruit by another See Needs
wants: The apparently limitless desires or wishes people have for particular goods or services
wants: Needs that are learned by a person
wants: (See 66) Needs that are learned by a person Needs that are learned by a person
wants: third-person singular of want
wants: the desire to buy a product you do not already have
wants: The things in life that are not essential for survival but are desired for comfort, convenience or status
wants: What we desire Our wants exceed our income and therefore we make choices about how our limited income will be spent Substitution is important if we are to gain maximum benefit from limited income
what do you want: what would you like, what are you seeking, what do you desire
what do you want?: what would you like?, what do you desire?
what is it you want of me: what do you want from me, why do you think that I could help, what have I ever done to deserve this
you can't always get what you want: one must make a distinction between what one desires and what one already has

Turkish - English

Definition of want in Turkish English dictionary
doğrusunu isterseniz if you really want: to know; to tell the truth

want

Turkish pronunciation

wônt

Synonyms

wish, would like, be without, need, in need of, appetite, craving, demand, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, requirement, thirst

Antonyms

disinterest, dislike, hate, abundance, plenty, despise, have

Pronunciation

/ˈwônt/ /ˈwɔːnt/

Etymology

[ wont also wänt ] (verb.) 13th century. From Middle English wanten (“to lack”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōjanan (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanēn (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)wAn-, *wān- (“empty”). Cognate with Middle High German wan (“not full, empty”), Middle Dutch wan (“empty, poor”), Old English wana (“want, lack, absence, deficiency”). See wan.