Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable)A desire, wish, longing.

    Not

    потре́бностьpotrébnostʹ, жела́ниеželánije, нужда́nuždá

    a specific feeling of desire

  2. (countable)Lack, absence, deficiency.

    She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.

    Mangel

    отсу́тствиеotsútstvije, недоста́токnedostátok

  3. (uncountable)Poverty.

    Not

    бе́дностьbédnostʹ, нужда́nuždá, нищета́niščetá

    a state of extreme poverty

  4. (countable, uncountable)Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.

  5. (UK, countable, uncountable)A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

  6. (dialectal)A mole (Talpa europea).

Examples

76215 sentences

  1. I didn't want this to happen.

    Я не бажав, щоб так трапилось. — zinova

    ruЯ не хотел, чтобы это случилось. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch wollte nicht, dass das passiert. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I want a piece of candy.

    Я хочу цукерку. — zinova

    ruХочу конфету. — ae5s

    deIch will ein Bonbon. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I want to be more independent.

    Я хочу бути більш незалежним. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу быть более независимым. — paul_lingvo

    deIch will unabhängiger sein. — MUIRIEL

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  4. What do you want to be?

    Ким ти хочеш стати? — deniko

    ruКем ты хочешь стать? — Keiden

    deWas willst du werden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. How much money do you want?

    Скільки грошей ти хочеш? — rmdas

    ruСколько денег вы хотите? — Selena777

    deWie viel Geld möchtest du? — mhr

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
desire, wish, longing:
lack (of):
poverty — see also poverty:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
desire, wish, longing:
lack (of):

Origin

From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Pr

From 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-.

From Middle English wont (“mole”), from Old English wand, wond, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz.

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Forms

plural: wants
Singularwant
Pluralwants

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Derivedwant adwantfulwantishwantlesswantsomewanty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wannawantingwanton

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