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To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
example
What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
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(in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
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Danish police want him for embezzlement.
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To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
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You can leave if you want.
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(usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
example
You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.
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(now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
example
That chair wants fixing.
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(now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
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To be lacking or deficient or absent.
example
There was something wanting in the play.
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To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
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The paupers desperately want.
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To lack and be without, to not have (something).
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She wanted anything she needed.
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(by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.