want
Usage
What are other ways to say want?
The verb want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace. Wish implies the feeling of an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation.
Example Sentences
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“They were getting rid of the Lee and the Stonewall Jackson statues, and they said, ‘We don’t want them put back up for further veneration,’” Hamza Walker said.
From Los Angeles Times
“We saw you on ESPN, and now we want to sponsor you?”
From Los Angeles Times
Somewhere between page 39 and the fluorescent lights of that thrift store, I realized what I actually wanted to make wasn’t a better “unfried chicken.”
From Salon
Lowe wants the High Court to put an end to the investigation, and earlier this month he applied for an interim injunction to temporarily stop it, pending a hearing into the wider claim next month.
From BBC
Courtois said Real were prepared to "stand their ground", but agreed to complete the game after Vinicius said he wanted to continue.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
