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The correct spelling is wanting.
How to pronounce wanting
/ˈwɒntɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈwɒntɪŋ/
Say it like: Wan-tin-g
The correct spelling is wanting. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. 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
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).
adjective
- 1.That wants or desires.
- 2.Absent or lacking.
- 3.Deficient.
preposition
- 1.Without, except, but.
- 2.Less, short of, minus.
noun
- 1.The state of wanting something; desire.
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