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How to pronounce want
Say it like this: /wɑnt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does want mean?
verbTo 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.”
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.”
To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
“Danish police want him for embezzlement.”
nounA desire, wish, longing.
Lack, absence, deficiency.
“She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.”
Poverty.
“Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.”
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