want

verb
wŏnt

To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.

Example

“I want you as a friend, not a foe.”

Other meanings

To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
“Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job.”

Synonyms

desire

Example sentences

“Why would you want a pet turtle?”
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“You don't know if you want it.”
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“I don't want my rating to go down.”
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Word history

From Old Norse "vanta" (to lack).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “want” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.