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    [Verb]  | "want" | \ ˈwȯnt \


    1: to be needy or destitute

    2: to have or feel need

    3: to be necessary or needed


    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old Norse vanta; akin to Old English wan deficient;

    [Noun]  | "want" 


    1: deficiency, lack

    2: grave and extreme poverty that deprives one of the necessities of life

    3: something wanted : need, desire


    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Noun]  | "want ad" 


    1: a newspaper advertisement stating that something (such as an employee, employment, or a specified item) is wanted


    Origin: 1892 ;

    [Idiom]  | "want (back) into" 


    1: to want to get (back) into (something)

    [Idiom]  | "want no part of/in" 


    1: to refuse to be involved in (something)

    [Idiom]  | "want rid of" 


    1: to want to no longer have or be affected or bothered by (something or someone unwanted)

    [Phrasal verb]  | "want for" 


    1: to be without (someone or something) : to lack (someone or something)

    [Phrasal verb]  | "want in on" 


    1: to want to be included in (something)

    [Phrasal verb]  | "want in/out" 


    1: to want to go inside/outside

    [Phrasal verb]  | "want out of" 


    1: to want to no longer be included in (something)

    [Verb]  | "want" 


    1: to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy;


      * e.g., " ... I want a new car so badly! "





    2: to have as a requirement;


      * e.g., " ... that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep "



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    3: to see fit;


      * e.g., " ... do what you want "



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    [Noun]  | "want" 


    1: the fact or state of being absent;


      * e.g., " ... the proverb that begins, for want of a nail, the shoe was lost "





    2: a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number;


      * e.g., " ... there's a notable want of teachers in that rural school district "





    3: a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful;


      * e.g., " ... those children are in want of some good discipline "





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