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— English words —

• want v. (Transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
• want v. (Transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
• want v. (Intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
• want v. (Colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
• want v. (Transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
• want v. (Transitive, now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
• want v. (Intransitive, dated) To be lacking or deficient or absent.
• want v. (Intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
• want v. (Transitive, archaic) To lack and be without, to not have (something).
• want v. (Transitive, obsolete, by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
• want n. (Countable) A desire, wish, longing.
• want n. (Countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence, deficiency.
• want n. (Uncountable) Poverty.
• want n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
• want n. (UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
• want n. (Dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
• Want prop.n. A personification of want.
• wan't cont. (Colloquial, dated) Pronunciation spelling of wasn’t.
• wan't v. Misspelling of want.
• wan't v. Misspelling of won’t.
• wa'n't cont. (Colloquial, dated) Pronunciation spelling of wasn’t.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • want conj. For, because.
• Middle dutch
  • want conj. Because, for.
  • want n. A glove, mitten.
• Old high german
  • want n. A wall.
  • want v. First/third-person singular past indicative of wintan.
• Saterland frisian
  • Wänt n. Boy.
• Tocharian a
  • want n. Wind.
• West frisian
  • want conj. Because.
• Yola
  • want v. Simple past tense of goe.

— English words, defined in German —

• want V. Wollen, wünschen.
• want V. (Jemanden) sprechen wollen, (nach jemandem) verlangen oder fragen.
• want V. Nur Passiv: (als Tatverdächtiger) gesucht werden.
• want V. Sexuell begehren.
• want V. AmE umgangssprachlich, mit in/into/out: (in einen Ort, eine Situation) hineinwollen, herauswollen.
• want V. Benötigen, erfordern (brE umgangssprachlich auch mit Dingen als Subjekt).
• want V. BrE umgangssprachlich: verdienen.
• want V. Bildlich: entbehren, fehlen, vermissen, darben, sich in Not oder Armut befinden.
• want V. Euphemistisch: sollen.
• want S. Wunsch, Bedarf, Bedürfnis.
• want S. Entbehrung, Fehlen, Mangel, Not.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• want w. Willen.

— English words, defined in French —

• want n. Besoin, misère.
• want v. Vouloir, désirer.
• want v. Chercher, rechercher.
• want v. Avoir besoin de, nécessiter.
• want v. (Littéraire) Manquer de quelque chose de nécessaire.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• want v. Querer, desear.
• want v. Faltar.
• want v. Requerir.
• want s. Falta.
• want s. Deseo.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• want s. Falta.
• want s. Necessidade.
• want s. Desejo.
• want v. Querer; desejar.
• want v. Passar falta; precisar de.
• want v. (Coloquialismo) requerer; necessitar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• want s. Esigenza.

— In German —

• Want S. „Seil oder Stange zur seitlichen Verspannung eines Masts“.

— In Dutch —

• want n. V/m: (kleding) handschoen waarbij alle vingers, behalve de…
• want n. O: (scheepvaart) de lijnen of staalkabels aan stuur- en bakboord…
• want voeg. Geeft nevenschikkend een reden aan.
• want w. Tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van wannen.
• want w. Derde persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van wannen.
• want w. (Verouderd) gebiedende wijs meervoud van wannen.
• want w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van wanten#gebiedende wijs van wanten.

118 English words from 30 English definitions

able absence absent advised and archaic be␣able␣to because before Boy business by␣extension coal colloquial compare Countable crave dated deficiency deficient demand deposition depression desire desired destitution Dialectal do␣business do␣without experience extension feel felt First followed followed␣by for future future␣tense glove goe have hollowed hollowed␣out in␣a␣state indicative in␣need in␣particular Intransitive lack lacking longing loss mining Misspelling mitten mole need needed needy not noun now obsolete occasion often ought out particular past past␣tense person personification place Poverty presence Pronunciation Pronunciation␣spelling rare require requisite second second␣person see should Simple Simple␣past singular something spelling state strata subsequent such such␣as Talpa tense the thing third third␣person third-person␣singular took took␣place Transitive Uncountable useful usually verbal verbal␣noun wall want which Wind wish with without won

20 English words from 37 foreign definitions

als AmE BrE chose een Falta into Mangel Masts misère nécessaire Not Nur Ort out sich Situation Stange van Willen

1 foreign word from 30 English definitions

europea

102 foreign words from 37 foreign definitions

aan alle Armut auch Avoir Avoir␣besoin␣de bakboord Bedarf Bedürfnis befinden begehren behalve Benötigen besoin Bildlich Chercher darben Derde Derde␣persoon desear desejar Desejo Deseo désirer Dingen eine einen eines enkelvoud entbehren Entbehrung erfordern Esigenza Euphemistisch falta Faltar fehlen fragen gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs Geeft gesucht handschoen herauswollen hineinwollen jemandem Jemanden kleding lijnen Littéraire Manquer Manquer␣de meervoud mit nach Necessidade necessitar nécessiter oder Passar Passiv persoon precisar quelque quelque␣chose Querer rechercher reden reden␣aan requerer Requerir scheepvaart Seil seitlichen Sexuell sollen sprechen staalkabels stuur Subjekt Tatverdächtiger tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tweede Tweede␣persoon umgangssprachlich verdienen verlangen vermissen Verouderd Verspannung vingers Vouloir waarbij wannen wanten werden wijs wollen Wunsch wünschen zur

95 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

wanta Wanta wante wants wanty Wantz want␣ad Wantas wanted wanter wantin' want␣in wantoe wantok wanton want-to wantum want␣ads wantage Wantage Wantagh wantcha wanters wantest wanteth wantful wanties wanting wantish wantoes wantoks wantons want␣out Wantsum wantums wantwit Wantzes wantable wantaway want-away wantedly wantedst wantings Wantland wantless wantlist want␣list wantoned wantoner wantonly +45 words

63 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Sawants Swantek Swanton avowants awanting diswants flowants iwantone Kwantlen miswants seawants Swanteks Swantons unwanted unwanton wagwants diswanted for␣want␣of Kwantrell miswanted unwanteds unwanting witwanton wit-wanton angwantibo diswanting help␣wanted miswanting Palawan␣tit unwantable unwantedly witwantons wit-wantons angwantibos find␣wanting Haikwan␣tael I␣don't␣want␣it I␣want␣to␣know Palawan␣tits rainbow␣ants trapjaw␣ants trap-jaw␣ants trap␣jaw␣ants unwantingly witwantoned Haikwan␣taels unwantedness witwantoning beckons␣wanted Swanton␣Morley +13 words

19 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

'twa'n't do␣want Sawant avowant diswant flowant miswant seawant wagwant zeawant do␣not␣want all␣you␣want rainbow␣ant trapjaw␣ant trap-jaw␣ant trap␣jaw␣ant Aston␣Rowant whaddayawant what␣do␣you␣want

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't wan Wan WAN wan-

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

naw TNA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

tawn

37 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Antwi A-Town Atwan awent nawth NWTCA Tawni tawns tawny Tewan twain Twain TWAIN twang twank 'twa'n't wadn't waint Wanat WANET wanst wanta Wanta wante wants wanty Wantz warnt warn't wasnt wasn't wazn't Wiant witan woant Wotan Wyant

41 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't ATN ATW awn AWT nat Nat NAT Nat. naw NTA NWA NWT N.W.T. N.␣W.␣T. tan Tan TAN taw Taw TNA TNW Twa TWA wan Wan WAN wan- wat Wat WAT wnt WTA

61 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AANT bant cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't Dant Fant Gant hant ha'nt han't ha'n't jant Kant lant Lant LANT pant Pant pant- rant /rant Sant Tant -tant vant waft wait Wait walt Walt WALT Walt. WANA wand Wand wane wang Wang wank wans Wans WANs wany wart wast was't watt Watt Wayt went Went Wint wont won't wo'n't wrnt. wunt Yant

17 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't wan Wan WAN wan- wat Wat WAT wnt

13 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

wadn't waint Wanat WANET wanst warnt warn't wasnt wasn't wazn't Wiant woant Wyant

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