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wants

We have found lemma(root) word of wants : want.

Definitions


[wɒnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for
(e.g: I want an apple)

- should or need to do something
(e.g: you don't want to believe everything you hear)

- lack something desirable or essential
(e.g: you shall want for nothing while you are with me)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of ‘lack’ was early extended to ‘need’ and from this developed the sense ‘desire’


[wɒnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a lack or deficiency of something
(e.g: Victorian houses which are in want of repair)

- a desire for something
(e.g: the expression of our wants and desires)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of ‘lack’ was early extended to ‘need’ and from this developed the sense ‘desire’




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