Found 4 items, similar to Want.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: want ingin
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: want hendak, ingin, mau, mencita-cita, menginginkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: want want n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, deprivation] 2: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; “there is a serious lack of insight into the problem”; “water is the critical deficiency in desert regions”; “for want of a nail the shoe was lost” [syn: lack, deficiency] 3: anything that is necessary but lacking; “he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs”; “I tried to supply his wants” [syn: need] 4: a specific feeling of desire; “he got his wish”; “he was above all wishing and desire” [syn: wish, wishing] want v 1: feel or have a desire for; want strongly; “I want to go home now”; “I want my own room” [syn: desire] 2: have need of; “This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner” [syn: need, require] 3: wish or demand the presence of; “I want you here at noon!” 4: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; “Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI”; “Uncle Sam wants you” 5: be without, lack; be deficient in; “want courtesy”; “want the strength to go on living”; “flood victims wanting food and shelter”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Want Want \Want\, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See Want to lack.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. [1913 Webster] The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. [1913 Webster] You have a gift, sir (thank your education), Will never let you want. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swelled with wind. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Note: Want was formerly used impersonally with an indirect object. “Him wanted audience.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Want \Want\ (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. [root]139. See Wane, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. [1913 Webster] And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. [1913 Webster] Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. [1913 Webster] Habitual superfluities become actual wants. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness. [1913 Webster] Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wanting.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing. [1913 Webster] They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson. [1913 Webster] 2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes. [1913 Webster] 3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. “ What wants my son?” --Addison. [1913 Webster] I want to speak to you about something. --A. Trollope. [1913 Webster]