wanting

/ˈwɒntɪŋ//ˈwɑntɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

    “What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.”
  2. 2

    (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

    “Danish police want him for embezzlement.”
  3. 3

    To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

    “You can leave if you want.”
  4. 4

    (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).

    “You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.”
  5. 5

    (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).

    “That chair wants fixing.”
  6. 6

    (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.

  7. 7

    To be lacking or deficient or absent.

    “There was something wanting in the play.”
  8. 8

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

    “The paupers desperately want.”
  9. 9

    To lack and be without, to not have (something).

    “She wanted anything she needed.”
  10. 10

    (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

adjective

  1. 1

    That wants or desires.

  2. 2

    Absent or lacking.

  3. 3

    Deficient.

preposition

  1. 1

    Without, except, but.

  2. 2

    Less, short of, minus.

noun

  1. 1

    The state of wanting something; desire.

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