want

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.1.1 Homophones 2.2 Noun 2.3 Conjunction 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.4 See also 3 Old High German 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: wŏnt, IPA: /wɒnt/, SAMPA: /wQnt/
• (US) enPR: wänt, IPA: /wɑnt/, SAMPA: /wAnt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒnt

[edit] Etymology

Middle English(first attestation 1225), from Old Norse vanta

[edit] Verb

to want (third-person singular simple present wants, present participle wanting, simple past and past participle wanted)

1. (transitive) to wish for or desire (something).

   What do you want to eat?

2. (transitive) To lack (something).

   There was something wanting in the play.

3. (transitive, informal) To require (something).

   That chair wants fixing. (= That chair requires to be fixed.)

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

• In sense 1 it takes the to infinitive.
• In sense 3 it takes the gerund (-ing).

[edit] Synonyms

• (desire): desire, wish for, would like
• (lack): lack
• (require): be in need of, need, require

[edit] Derived terms

• I want to know
• want-away
• wanted
• want for
• wanting
• waste not, want not

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

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want (countable and uncountable; plural wants)

1. Lack (of), absence of.

   And well are worth the want that you have wanted.--Shakespeare, King Lear

2. poverty

[edit] Derived terms

• want ad

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Homophones

• wand

[edit] Noun

want f. (plural wanten, diminutive wantje)

1. mitten

want n. (plural wanten)

1. shroud, sideways support for a mast.

[edit] Conjunction

want

1. for

   Hij komt niet, want hij is ziek. — He does not come, because he is sick. (Note: The order is SVO after want.)

[edit] Synonyms

• omdat

[edit] See also

• aangezien
• omdat

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Noun

want f.

1. wall