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wanting in

wanting in is the present participle and gerund of want in.

Meaning of want in

Verb

want in (third-person singular simple present wants in, present participle wanting in, simple past and past participle wanted in)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To want to enter something.
    • Are you staying out there or do you want in?
    Antonyms:
    want out
  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To want to be a part of something.
    • We're going to the sea this weekend. Do you want in?
    Antonyms:
    want out

Questions about wanting in

What is wanting in the present participle and gerund of?
Wanting in is the present participle and gerund of want in.

Words near wanting in in the dictionary

  1. wanthriven
  2. wanties
  3. wantin'
  4. wanting
  5. wanting for nothing
  6. wanting in
  7. wanting no part of
  8. wanting one's bumps feeling
  9. wanting one's bumps felt
  10. wanting out
  11. wanting to know

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wanting in (page history and authors); want in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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