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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
The official indicated he did not want to prevent them from playing on Friday.
It wants to pull down existing poultry sheds on the land and build 20 new ones to house 870,000 chickens.
The numbers have not been what England wanted.
England could have opted to move Joe Root or Stokes himself up the order, but Stokes said the tourists "didn't want to make it too messy".
“These are the games that you want to be playing in November and December,” the star quarterback said, “and hopefully in January as well.”
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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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