Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to want
Participle: wanted
Gerund: wanting
Indicative
Present
| I | want |
| you | want |
| he;she;it | wants |
| we | want |
| you | want |
| they | want |
Perfect
| I | have wanted |
| you | have wanted |
| he;she;it | has wanted |
| we | have wanted |
| you | have wanted |
| they | have wanted |
Past
| I | wanted |
| you | wanted |
| he;she;it | wanted |
| we | wanted |
| you | wanted |
| they | wanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wanted |
| you | had wanted |
| he;she;it | had wanted |
| we | had wanted |
| you | had wanted |
| they | had wanted |
Future
| I | will want |
| you | will want |
| he;she;it | will want |
| we | will want |
| you | will want |
| they | will want |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wanted |
| you | will have wanted |
| he;she;it | will have wanted |
| we | will have wanted |
| you | will have wanted |
| they | will have wanted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | want |
| you | want |
| he;she;it | want |
| we | want |
| you | want |
| they | want |
Perfect
| I | have wanted |
| you | have wanted |
| he;she;it | have wanted |
| we | have wanted |
| you | have wanted |
| they | have wanted |
Imperfect
| I | wanted |
| you | wanted |
| he;she;it | wanted |
| we | wanted |
| you | wanted |
| they | wanted |
Pluperfect
| I | had wanted |
| you | had wanted |
| he;she;it | had wanted |
| we | had wanted |
| you | had wanted |
| they | had wanted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would want |
| you | would want |
| he;she;it | would want |
| we | would want |
| you | would want |
| they | would want |
Perfect
| I | would have wanted |
| you | would have wanted |
| he;she;it | would have wanted |
| we | would have wanted |
| you | would have wanted |
| they | would have wanted |
Imperative
| you | want |
| we | Let's want |
| you | want |
Verbs conjugated like 'want'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'want'
ant,
cant,
jant,
lant,
pant,
rant,
vant,
waft,
wait,
walt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- desire
- need, will, would like
- lack
- lack, need, without
- require
- in need, in need of, need, require
- need
- necessity, requirement, desideratum
Antonyms
- need
- luxury, wealth, riches, fortune
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanô (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Middle High German wan (“not full, empty”), Middle Dutch wan (“empty, poor”), Old English wana (“want, lack, absence, deficiency”), Latin vanus (“empty”). See wan, wan-. See: Middle English '
wanten', Proto-Germanic '
*wanatōną'.
Verbs referencing "want"
Danish
vante, Sranan
wani, Bislama wantem.
Sample Sentences
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“ I don't want to make my fortune on her, ” said Mr. Shelby, dryly; and, seeking to turn the conversation, he uncorked a bottle of fresh wine, and asked his companion's opinion of it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ What on earth can you want with the child ? ” said Shelby.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was entirely ruined by this sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O ! certainly, by all means, mum ! of course. But I'll tell you. I 'm in a devil of a hurry, and shall want to know, as soon as possible, what I may depend on, ” said he, rising and putting on his overcoat.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] make him remember it, some time ! ” and the brow of the young man grew dark, and his eyes burned with an expression that made his young wife tremble. “ Who made this man my master ? That's what I want to know ! ” he said.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ They wanted me to come to supper in the house, ” said George; “ but I knew what was what too well for that, Aunt Chloe. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a body has de heaviest kind o ’ ’ sponsibility on ’ em, as ye may say, and is all kinder _”seris’_ and taken up, dey takes dat ar time to be hangin ’ round and kinder interferin ’ ! Now, Missis, she wanted me to do dis way, and she wanted me to do dat way; and, finally, I got kinder sarcy, and, says I, ’ Now, Missis, do jist look at dem beautiful white hands o ’ yourn with long fingers, and all [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] on ’ em, as ye may say, and is all kinder _”seris’_ and taken up, dey takes dat ar time to be hangin ’ round and kinder interferin ’ ! Now, Missis, she wanted me to do dis way, and she wanted me to do dat way; and, finally, I got kinder sarcy, and, says I, ’ Now, Missis, do jist look at dem beautiful white hands o ’ yourn with long fingers, and all a sparkling with rings, like my white [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Here, you Mose, Pete, ” he said, breaking off liberal bits, and throwing it at them; “ you want some, don't you ? Come, Aunt Chloe, bake them some cakes. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O mother, we don't wanter. We wants to sit up to meetin’,—meetin's is so curis. We likes ’ em. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I want to talk to her, but she is on her headphones all the time.
(Juni)
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- You want to continue walking ? - Yes. You don't want to take a break ?
(Mother)
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[ I'd choose you over other offers, but I want to know I 'm valued too. ]
(Drive)
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I want to ask you. There is a saying I 'm not sure about.
(Siapa Buka Lampu)
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I just want to... no, I won't be any trouble. I swear.
(Grafted)