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English to English noun
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a state of extreme poverty |  | source: wordnet30
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the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | | Example: there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
for want of a nail the shoe was lost
source: wordnet30
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anything that is necessary but lacking | | Example: he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
I tried to supply his wants
source: wordnet30
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a specific feeling of desire | | Example: he got his wish
he was above all wishing and desire
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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feel or have a desire for; want strongly | | Example: I want to go home now
I want my own room
source: wordnet30
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have need of | | Example: This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
source: wordnet30
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hunt or look for; want for a particular reason | | Example: Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI
Uncle Sam wants you
source: wordnet30
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wish or demand the presence of | | Example: I want you here at noon!
source: wordnet30
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be without, lack; be deficient in | | Example: want courtesy
want the strength to go on living
flood victims wanting food and shelter
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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