whant

Verb

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

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.
   1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
   • You can leave if you want.
4. (colloquial, interrogative, second-person, usually, often future tense) 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.
5. (colloquial, transitive) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
   • The lady, it is said, will inherit a fortune of three hundred pounds a year, with two cool thousands left by an uncle, on her arriving at the age of twenty-one, of which she wants but a few months.1741, The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741-1794, page 559

   Synonyms:

   need, be in need of

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