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want

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1. want - Noun

2. want - Verb

3. Want - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.

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.

A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

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.

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.

To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.

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.

To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. Augustine of Hippo

True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear. George Orwell

You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise Love is enough to get everything done. Charlie Chaplin

If you want the truth, ask a child. French Proverb

The madman and the rich do whatever they want. Turkish Proverb

If you want to be criticized, marry. Irish Proverb

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