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verb (used with object)
1.
to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
2.
to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive): I want to see you. She wants to be notified.
3.
to be without or be deficient in: to want judgment; to want knowledge.
4.
to fall short by (a specified amount): The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount.
5.
to require or need: The house wants painting.
verb (used without object)
6.
to feel inclined; wish; like (often followed by to): We can stay home if you want.
7.
to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes followed by for): He did not want for abilities.
8.
to have need (usually followed by for): If you want for anything, let him know.
9.
to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty: She would never allow her parents to want.
10.
to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness: All that wants is his signature.
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Want in
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
Idiom11.
something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few.
12.
something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants.
13.
absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.
14.
the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant.
15.
EXPANDthe state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown.
16.
COLLAPSEa sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want.
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want in/out, Chiefly Midland.
a.
to desire to enter or leave: The cat wants in.
b.
Informal. to desire acceptance in or release from something specified: I talked with Louie about our plan, and he wants in.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English wante < Old Norse vanta to lack
1150–1200; Middle English wante < Old Norse vanta to lack
Related forms
want·er, noun
want·less, adjective
want·less·ness, noun
self-want, noun
un·want·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
want
c.1300, "deficiency, shortage," from O.N. vant, neut. of vanr "wanting, deficient;" related to O.E. wanian "to diminish" (see wane). Phrase for want of is recorded from c.1400. Meaning "state of destitution" is recorded from mid-14c. Newspaper want ad is recorded from 1897.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
want in
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Desire to enter, as in The cat wants in. The antonym is want out, as in The dog wants out. [First half of 1800s]
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Wish to join a business, project, or other undertaking, as in Some investors want in but have not yet been admitted. Again, the antonym is want out, as in Many Quebec residents want out of Canada. [Mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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