want

  • 61want — [12] Etymologically, to want something is to ‘lack’ it (a sense still intact in the noun want); ‘wishing to have’ is a secondary extension of this. The word was borrowed from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. This in turn was descended from a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 62want\ ad — noun A small advertisement on a special page in a newspaper that offers employment opportunities and merchandise. You want a temporary job? he asked the recent arrival in town. Go and look at the want ads! …

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  • 63want — 1. verb Syn: desire, wish for, hope for, fancy, care for, like, long for, yearn for, crave, hanker after, hunger for, thirst for, cry out for, covet; informal have a yen for, be dying for 2. noun 1) his want of vigilance …

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  • 64want — [12] Etymologically, to want something is to ‘lack’ it (a sense still intact in the noun want); ‘wishing to have’ is a secondary extension of this. The word was borrowed from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. This in turn was descended from a… …

    Word origins

  • 65Want — noun A personification of want …

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  • 66want in — verb To want to be a part of something …

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  • 67Want — Wạnt 〈f. 20; Mar.〉 Tauwerk zum seitl. Festhalten des Mastes [<nddt. want (a. wand) „Gewundenes, Flechtwerk“; → Wand] * * * Wạnt, die; , en, auch: das; s, en <meist Pl.> [viell. eigtl. = Gewundenes, vgl. ↑ Wand] (Schiffbau): Seil od.… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 68want — verb 1》 have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.     ↘wish to speak to (someone).     ↘(be wanted) (of a suspected criminal) be sought by the police for questioning.     ↘desire (someone) sexually. 2》 informal, chiefly Brit. (of a… …

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  • 69want — poreikis statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Ko nors – objektyviai būtino organizmo, asmenybės, socialinės grupės, visos visuomenės – gyvybingumui ir tobulėjimui reikalingumas; vidinė aktyvumo paskata. Yra biologiniai (maistas,… …

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  • 70want — poreikis statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Tai, ko subjektyviai arba objektyviai reikia individo fiziniam ar psichiniam (dvasiniam) patogumui. atitikmenys: angl. need; want vok. Bedarf, m; Bedürfnis, n rus. потребность …

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