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1. Have a wish for
   "I want my own room"; "I want to go home now";
   - desire
    
2. Have a requirement for
   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner";
   - need, require
    
3. Hunt or look for; require for a particular reason
   "Your former neighbour is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
    
4. Wish or demand the presence of
   "I want you here at noon!"
    
5. Be without, lack; be deficient in
   "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

1. A state of extreme poverty
   - privation, deprivation, neediness
    
2. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
   "for want of a nail the shoe was lost";
   - lack, deficiency
    
3. Anything that is necessary but lacking
   "I tried to supply his wants";
   - need
    
4. A specific feeling of desire
   - wish, wishing

Derived forms: wanted, wants, wanting

Type of: be, demand, desire, essential, immiseration, immiserisation [Brit], immiserization, impoverishment, lack, look for, miss, necessary, necessity, need, poorness, poverty, requirement, requisite, search, seek

Encyclopedia: Want, Richard