{
    "term": "want",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "want",
            "heSheIt": "wants"
        },
        "pastSimple": "wanted",
        "pastParticiple": "wanted",
        "ingForm": "wanting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to have a desire or a wish for something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "want somebody/somethingwant something for somethingwant somebody/something as somethingwant to do somethingwant somebody/something to do somethingwant somebody/something doing somethingwant somebody/something + adj.want somebody/something donewant something from somebody/somethingwant something out of something",
            "labels": "(informal)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you want some more tea?",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **want children/kids**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to want peace/war/change"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Voters want answers to these questions,"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you want more information, visit the website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US wants access to Chinese markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The voters seem to want a reason to vote for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's **always wanted** a large family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you want some help, just ask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want a new job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**All I want is** the truth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thanks for the present—it's **just what I wanted**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can do whatever I want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**The last thing I wanted was to** upset you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you want for Christmas?",
                    "contextForm": "want something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted bacon and eggs for breakfast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party wants her as leader.",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you want to do tomorrow?",
                    "contextForm": "want to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What I **really want to know** is why you would even think that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I just wanted** to know if everything was all right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can come too, **if you want**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We could see a movie later **if you want to**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are two points which I wanted to make."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to go home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I simply wanted to be left in peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She desperately wanted to believe him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are books that children actually want to read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want me to help?",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **want people to know** what I've done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We didn't want this to happen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want you coming home so late.",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want your coffee black or white?",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was clear that somebody **wanted him dead**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They want him arrested.",
                    "contextForm": "want somebody/something done"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you want from me?",
                    "contextForm": "want something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to discover what I really wanted out of life.",
                    "contextForm": "want something out of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just want you to be happy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you truly want to help, just do as I say."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want to study in America."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want you to do it quickly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "desperately", "really"],
                "phrases": [
                    "all you want",
                    "exactly what you want",
                    "just what you want"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to need something",
            "sensetop": "want somethingwant doing somethingwant to be somethingwant to be/have something done",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We'll want more furniture for the new office.",
                    "contextForm": "want something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What this house wants is a good clean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It wants a special sort of person for that job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plants want watering daily.",
                    "contextForm": "want doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cake mixture wants to be smooth and light.",
                    "contextForm": "want to be something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plants want to be watered daily.",
                    "contextForm": "want to be/have something done"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to need somebody to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned",
            "sensetop": "want somebody (+ adv./prep.)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's wanted immediately in the director's office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to give advice to somebody, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’",
            "sensetop": "want to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If possible, you want to avoid alcohol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wants to be more careful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don't want to do it like that."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to feel sexual desire for somebody",
            "sensetop": "want somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I want you so much,’ she whispered in his ear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alice, please don't leave me. I want you. I need you. I can't live without you."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to lack something",
            "sensetop": "want something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't want courage."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "be short of"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have or want to have the advantages of two different situations or ways of behaving that are impossible to combine",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't have it both ways. If you can afford to go out all the time, you can afford to pay off some of your debts."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to refuse to accept something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I offered to pay but he was having none of it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They pretended to be enthusiastic about my work but then suddenly decided they wanted none of it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to refuse to deal with somebody; to refuse to accept or consider something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dave wants no truck with change. For him, things are just fine as they are."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to take no interest in something because you do not care about it or it is too much trouble",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've tried to ask her advice, but she doesn't want to know *(= about my problems)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘How much was it?’ ‘**You don't want to know**’ *(= it is better if you don't know)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to want to be free of somebody/something that has been annoying you or that you do not want",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you trying to say you want rid of me?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask somebody in a rude or angry way why they are there or what they want you to do",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɒnt/",
                "audio": "wa/want/want__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɒnts/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wants__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒntɪd/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wanted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wanting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɑːnt/",
                "audio": "wa/want/want__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɑːnts/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wants__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːntɪd/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wanted__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wa/want/wanting__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of “lack” was early extended to “need” and from this developed the sense ‘desire’."
}