Definition of wants Wants
/wษหnts/ - [wants] -
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What does wants mean?
Wiktionary 
- wants (Noun)
Plural of want.
Part of speech
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| want - have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" | ||
| need, require | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| cry shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" | ||
| want - be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" | ||
| lack, miss fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" | ||
| want - wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!" | ||
| demand request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" | ||
| want - hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" | ||
| look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- want (v. i.)
The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. - want (v. i.)
Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. - want (v. i.)
That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. - want (v. i.)
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. - want (v. t.)
To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing. - want (v. t.)
To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes. - want (v. t.)
To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave. - want (v. i.)
To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. - want (v. i.)
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary ฮฉ
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want
To have a strong desire for something.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary ๐
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want
The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
Wikipedia 
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A want is a wish or a desire for something. If a person would like to have something, but can choose not to have it, that thing is wanted or can be called a want. To want is not the same as to need, which is when someone "must" have something.
People often talk about needing a thing, when they really just want it. Wants can be for the same things as needs. For example, a person can "need" to eat food and can "want" to eat cake. If there is no cake then he or she may have to eat something else, perhaps bread. The need is no longer so important (the person is no longer hungry) although the want may still be there. If there is cake, then the person's needs and wants can both be met.
In economics, a want is about goods or services. Choice is how to satisfy (or meet) a want, when there are different ways to do this.
Want can also be the idea of what it means to be poor, hungry or with no money. Charles Dickens wrote a famous book called "A Christmas Carol" in which there are two children, named Want and Ignorance.
