How many syllables in Want
Word
Want
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
want
Definition
- 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.
- v. i. - Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution;
poverty; penury; indigence; need.
- 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.
- v. i. - A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the
subsequent deposition took place.
- 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.
- 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.
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