want

1. (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

2. 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.

3. (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

4. (intransitive)To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

   You can leave if you want.

   wollen

   хоте́тьxotétʹ, захоте́тьzaxotétʹ, жела́тьželátʹ

   хоті́тиxotíty, бажа́тиbažáty

5. (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.

6. (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!

7. (dated, intransitive)To be lacking or deficient or absent.

   There was something wanting in the play.

   be without, lack; be deficient in

8. (dated, intransitive)To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

   The paupers desperately want.

9. To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.

   Dang, girl! Your brother is gorgeous! I want him so bad!

10. (archaic, transitive)To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

    have need of

11. (archaic, transitive)To lack and be without, to not have (something).

    She wanted anything she needed.

12. (broadly, obsolete, transitive)To lack and perhaps be able or willing to do without.

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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regular

• want outTo desire to leave, quit or escape a specific situation, relationship, commitment, or project.
• want inTo want to enter something.