desire
/dɪˈzaɪɹ/ verb B2- To want; to wish for earnestly. · I desire to speak with you.
- To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
- To want emotionally or sexually. · She has desired him since they first met.
- To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
- To require; to demand; to claim.
- To miss; to regret.
Plural desire · He/she/it desires · Past desired · Past participle desired · -ing form desiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- desire
- He/she/it
- desires
- Past
- desired
- Past participle
- desired
- -ing form
- desiring
From the library
She had prepared a couch in the kitchen chamber for the desired and expected boy.
Rachel’s dumbfounded countenance her lips twitched with amusement and she felt a most reprehensible desire to laugh.
Anne held her tongue as desired.
He felt no desire to put his oar in this time.
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