want

verb [T] (NEED)

/wɒnt/

/wɑːnt/

Definition

› to need something: Do you think this soup wants a bit of salt? [+ -ing verb] The wine is in the fridge - it just wants cooling for a couple of minutes. If you ask me that child wants a good slap!Lacking thingsScarce, inadequate and not enoughEssential or necessary want to › used in giving advice to mean that someone should do something: You want to tell him now, before it's too late.Lacking thingsScarce, inadequate and not enoughEssential or necessary

(Definition of want verb (NEED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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