want
To wish for or desireTo wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
» I didn't want this to happen.
Ich wollte nicht, dass das passiert.
Я не хотел, чтобы это случилось.
Я не бажав, щоб так трапилось.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
I want you as a friend, not a foe.
What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
wish or demand the presence of
To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
(broadly, transitive)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.
Depression wants you to feel like the world is dark and that you are not worthy of happiness. The first step to making your life better from this day forward is to stop believing these lies.
(transitive)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.
Danish police want him for embezzlement.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
(intransitive)To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
You can leave if you want.
wollen
хоте́тьxotétʹ, захоте́тьzaxotétʹ, жела́тьželátʹ
хоті́тиxotíty, бажа́тиbažáty
(colloquial, interrogative, second person, usually)To be advised to do or aim for something (compare should, ought).
You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.
(colloquial, transitive)To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
That chair wants fixing and a clean.
What you really want is a good smack!
(dated, intransitive)To be lacking or deficient or absent.
There was something wanting in the play.
be without, lack; be deficient in
(dated, intransitive)To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
The paupers desperately want.
To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.
Dang, girl! Your brother is gorgeous! I want him so bad!
(archaic, transitive)To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
have need of
(archaic, transitive)To lack and be without, to not have (something).
She wanted anything she needed.
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)To lack and perhaps be able or willing to do without.
Examples
76215 sentencesI didn't want this to happen.
Я не бажав, щоб так трапилось.
ruЯ не хотел, чтобы это случилось.
deIch wollte nicht, dass das passiert.
I want a piece of candy.
Я хочу цукерку.
ruХочу конфету.
deIch will ein Bonbon.
I want to be more independent.
Я хочу бути більш незалежним.
ruЯ хочу быть более независимым.
deIch will unabhängiger sein.
What do you want to be?
Ким ти хочеш стати?
ruКем ты хочешь стать?
deWas willst du werden?
How much money do you want?
Скільки грошей ти хочеш?
ruСколько денег вы хотите?
deWie viel Geld möchtest du?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from PrFrom Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanô (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Middle High German wan (“not full, empty”), Middle Dutch wan (“empty, poor”), Old English wana (“want, lack, absence, deficiency”), Latin vanus (“empty”). See wan, wan-.
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Forms
wants, wanting, wanted, wantedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
25 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Pronouncing -s and -ed endings — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Verb + -ing or verb + to — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
Collocations
12 patterns- want to do
- didn't want to
- want to go
- want to know
- want to be
- really want to
- want to talk
- want to see
- want to buy
- just want to
- really want
- want to get