wanted

English

Etymology

From want +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈwɑntʰɪd]
• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈwɒntʰɪd]

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Adjective

wanted (comparative more wanted, superlative most wanted)

1. wished for; desired; sought
2. (law) subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

Antonyms

• unwanted

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bid wanted
• most wanted
• offer wanted

• wanted cargo
• wanted notice
• wanted poster

Translations

desired

• Finnish: etsitty (fi), haluttu (fi), toivottu (fi)
• German: ersehnt, gewünscht (de), erwünscht (de)
• Polish: pożądany (pl), chciany
• Russian: жела́емый (ru) (želájemyj), тре́буемый (ru) (trébujemyj), жела́нный (ru) (želánnyj), ну́жный (ru) (núžnyj)

• Serbo-Croatian: željen (sh)
• Spanish: deseado (es)
• Swedish: efterlyst (sv), eftersökt

subject to immediate detainment

• Esperanto: reserĉata
• Finnish: etsintäkuulutettu
• French: recherché (fr)
• Icelandic: eftirlýstur
• Japanese: 指名手配中 (しめいてはいちゅう, shimei tehai chū)
• Malay: dikehendaki

• Polish: poszukiwany
• Portuguese: procurado m
• Russian: разы́скиваемый (ru) (razýskivajemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: tražen (sh)
• Spanish: buscado (es) m
• Swedish: efterlyst (sv)

Verb

wanted

1. simple past tense and past participle of want

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: husband · blockquote · effect · #559: wanted · probably · especially · placed