Question 1 · Quick check
want
CEFRA1
/wɒnt/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To wish to have or do something.
- 02
noun
A need or desire for something.
Examples
I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!
It's because you don't want to be alone.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
More examples
In contextDo you want some more tea?
I want to find a supermarket. — Oh, okay. The supermarket is at 1500 Irving Street. It is near the apartment. — Great!
I want you as a friend, not a foe.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanô (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Middle High German wan (“not full, empty”), Middle Dutch wan (“empty, poor”), Old English wana (“want, lack, absence, deficiency”), Latin vanus (“empty”). See wan, wan-.