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desired

[dih-zahyuhrd] / dɪˈzaɪərd /






ADJECTIVE
sought
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Daphne du Maurier described seeing the old boatyard at Bodinnick, near Fowey, for the first time at the age of 19 as: "Here was the freedom I desired, long sought for, not yet known."

From BBC

By targeting sperm metabolism with an inhibitor based, nonhormonal approach, it may be possible to temporarily disable sperm function when desired while minimizing unwanted effects.

From Science Daily

There are some researchers and developers working with augmented reality, so if you’re wearing their glasses with an AR display, they will navigate you to your desired location.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was always prepared to gamble in order to get a desired outcome and felt it was why he enjoyed so many late successes in his stellar career.

From BBC

"Such controllability is essential for real applications, where reliable selection and reproduction of a desired stated are crucial for practical information encoding."

From Science Daily