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wanting

  • adjective
  • /ˈwɑntɪŋ/

That wants or desires.

Other meanings

  1. Absent or lacking.

Example sentences

  • “Wanting to want is a strange thing.”

    Tatoeba · hecko · CC0
  • “You want it, without wanting it.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "wantyng".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wanting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.