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The Meaning of want
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(v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
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(v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
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(v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
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(v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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(v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
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(v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
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(v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
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(v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
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(v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Synonyms
privation
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deprivation
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neediness
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lack
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deficiency
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need
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wish
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wishing
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desire
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need
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require
Rhymes
aunt
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avant
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bankvermont
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belmont
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bondt
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bonte
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chaunt
,
cheuvront
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claremont
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clermont
,
commandant
,
confidant
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conte
,
coutant
,
croissant
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daunt
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debutante
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detente
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dhondt
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dumont
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enfant
,
fairmont
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flaunt
,
font
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fonte
,
gaunt
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gauntt
,
haunt
,
helmont
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jaunt
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labonte
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lafont
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lamont
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lamonte
,
laplant
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larchmont
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lemont
,
mont
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nonchalant
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oakmont
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piedmont
,
poissant
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pont
,
ponte
,
poussaint
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pylant
,
restaurant
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savant
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schwandt
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shrikant
,
storefront
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taunt
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toutant
,
vaunt
,
vermont