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What does want mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word want? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To wish for or to desire (something). [from 18th c.]
  2. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking, not to exist. [from 13th c.]
  3. (transitive) To lack, not to have (something). [from 13th c.]
  4. (colloquial) To be in need of; to require (something). [from 15th c.]
  5. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Noun
  1. (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
  2. (of) Lack, absence.
  3. (uncountable) Poverty.
  4. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  5. (Britain, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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