want

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Definition 1: want (verb)

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

Examples

After you've had dinner, I want to have a talk with you.

I want someone to talk to.

Now, you listen to me! I don't want to listen.

I want to run up to the attic. I want to get a couple of things.

I want to talk to you both.

That means she wants to feed you.

That's good, because he'll try to borrow money from you. And I don't want him to be disappointed. Ha!

When I was young, I wanted to be an artist.

So drink all you want...

I don't want to get my name in the newspaper, do you? The newspaper?

Don't you... don't you want a cup of coffee?

Mother wants to remember, so we trot 200 miles into the country and she stays at home.

Clip: I... I... particularly didn't want to have anything interfer with tonight. Movie: The Amazing Mr. X Lesson: My husband died two years ago.
Clip: Well, no, you see, I wanted to show you that I'm not always the lawyer with his mind on cases and affidavits. Movie: The Amazing Mr. X Lesson: My husband died two years ago.
Clip: Do you want me to go back, Sam? Movie: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Lesson: You poor child.
Clip: I know why you want him to live here. Movie: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Lesson: You poor child.