Want
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Want
Verb
- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"I want you as a friend, not a foe."
- To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
"The game developers of Candy Crush want you to waste large, copious amounts of your money on in-game purchases to buy boosters and lives."
- To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
"Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job."
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
"You can leave if you want."
- To be advised to do something .
"You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result."
Noun
- A desire, wish, longing.
- Lack, absence, deficiency. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[ with of]
"She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers."
- Poverty.
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Noun
- A mole (Talpa europea).