want

  • (noun): A desire, wish, longing.
  • (noun): (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
  • (noun): Poverty.
  • (noun): Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  • (noun): A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
  • (verb): To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
  • (verb): (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
  • (verb): To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  • (verb): (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
  • (verb): (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
  • (verb): (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
  • (verb): To be lacking or deficient or absent.
  • (verb): To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
  • (verb): To lack and be without, to not have (something).
  • (verb): (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
  • What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
  • Danish police want him for embezzlement.
  • You can leave if you want.
  • You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.
  • That chair wants fixing.