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want
noun as in desire
noun as in lack, need
verb as in desire
verb as in lack, need
Example Sentences
Eleven times in a row, they got a mismatch they liked and found themselves in spots on the court they wanted only to see their shots fail.
"I have used my children to be my inspiration. It's because of them I wanted to wear a headscarf."
"He wanted to win, and the wrong advice went to his head. He started to think he was engaged in a war."
"I want to be surrounded by the people I love and just have everybody hold me in a giant cuddle puddle and get to take my last breath, surrounded by love and support," she says.
Trump wants to bring down U.S. trade deficits globally.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say want?
The verb want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace. Wish implies the feeling of an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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