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Commonwant
The correct spelling is want.
How to pronounce want
/wɔnt/
nounIPA: /wɔnt/
Say it like: Wan-t
The correct spelling is want. A desire, wish, longing. For example: "What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother."
Usage Examples
“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.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A desire, wish, longing.
- 2.(often followed by of) Lack, absence.
- 3.Poverty.
- 4.Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- 5.A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
verb
- 1.To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
- 2.(in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- 3.To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- 4.(usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- 5.(now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
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