Plural of want
regular plural
The plural of want is wants.
Forms of want
| Singular | want /wɒnt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wants /wɑnts/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Wants in a sentence
- 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.
- That chair wants fixing and a clean.
- I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal.From the entry deal
- She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.From the entry medicine
- He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.From the entry take
Meaning of want
- verb To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- verb To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
- verb To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
Questions about the plural of want
- What is the plural of want?
- The plural of want is wants.
- Is want countable?
- Want is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: want (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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