want
/wɑnt/ noun B2- A desire, wish, longing.
- Lack, absence, deficiency. · She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.
- Poverty.
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
Plural wants
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And I want you to understand right off that you are not to come home telling tales about him.
She replied, “No, my friend, it is not for the pasture that you invite me, but for yourself, who are in want of food.”
Do you want any money?”
So we want to have one, too.
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