want

/wɒnt/

US pronunciation

American sound/wɒnt/

want

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> want

Myanmar meaning

(v) ရချင်သည်။ ဆန္ဒရှိသည်။လိုချင်သည်။လိုလားတောင့်တသည်။ ……..ချင်သည်။

Full entry

want /wɒnt; US also wↄ:nt/ v

၁။ ရချင်၊ လိုချင်သည်။ ဆန္ဒရှိသည်။ …စေချင်သည်။ They want a bigger house. ❍ The staff want a pay increase. ❍ She wants to go to Italy. ❍ She wants me to go with her. ❍ I didn't want that to happen. ❍ I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. ❍ I don't want you arriving late. ❍ The people want him as their leader.
၂။ လိုအပ်သည်။ We'll want more furniture for the new office. ❍ Let me know how many copies you want. ❍ The plants want watering/want to be watered daily. ❍ I'm sure you don't want reminding of the need for discretion.
၃။ (infml ) (not after I or we ) သင့်သည်။ အပ်သည်။ You want to be more careful. ❍ They want to make sure they're not cheated.
၄။ ~ sb (for sth) (usu passive) အလို ရှိသည်။ တောင့်တသည်။ You are wanted immediately in the director's office. ❍ He is wanted (for questioning) by the police (eg in connection with a crime).
၅။ (တစ်စုံတစ်ဦးအပေါ်) ရာဂစိတ် ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။
၆။ (fml ) လိုသည်။ မပြည့်စုံ။ ချို့တဲ့သည်။ He doesn't want courage.
n
၁။ [C usu pl ] အလိုဆန္ဒ။ လိုအင်။ He is a man of few wants. ❍ This book meets a long-felt want (ie has been needed for a long time). ❍ The hotel staff saw to all our wants.
၂။ [U, sing] ~ of sth မလုံလောက်ခြင်း။ မဖူလုံခြင်း။ a want of food and medical supplies ❍ The plants died from want of water.
၃။ [U] ဆင်းရဲခြင်း။ နွမ်းပါးခြင်း။ ချို့တဲ့ခြင်း။ live in want ❍ Their health had suffered from years of want.
❏ for want of sth [IDM ] မရှိ၍။ လို၍။ She decided to accept the offer for want of anything better. ❍ He couldn't get a job, though not for want of trying.
❏ in want of sth [IDM ] လိုအပ်နေသည်။ The house is in want of repair.
❏ not want to know (about sth) [IDM ] စိတ်မဝင်စား။ နားမကြားချင်။ I asked him for help but he didn't want to know (about my problems).
❏ want for sth [PHRV ] (fml ) (အထူးသဖြင့် မေးခွန်းနှင့် ငြင်းပယ်ဝါကျ၌ သုံးသည်။ ) ချို့တဲ့သဖြင့် ဒုက္ခရောက်သည်။ Those children want for nothing (ie have everything they need).
❏ want in/out [PHRV ] (infml ) ဝင်၊ ထွက်ချင်သည်။ The dog wants in — it's scratching at the door.
❏ want in/into sth [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) ပါချင်သည်။ He wants in on the deal.
❏ want out/out of sth [PHRV ] (infml esp US ) မပတ်သက် ချင်တော့။ မပါချင်တော့။ He told them that he wanted out (of the gang).

More examples

Do you still want these old letters?
[want something for something] : What do you want for your birthday?
[want to do something] : Liz wants to see the gardens.
[want someone/something to do something] : Her parents didn’t want her to marry him.
[want something of/from someone] : I wish I knew exactly what they wanted of me.
[want something done] : Mrs Miller wants the entire house repainted.
I want those boxes out of the living room by tomorrow!
We want Stephen as chairman.
Mum wants you – she’s in the kitchen.
You’re wanted on the telephone.
The head wants you in her office after school.
We desperately want rain.
She wants help if she’s going to sort out her financial problems.
You won’t want much money on a camping holiday.
The supper dishes want washing.
This bill wants paying.
That rascal! He wants a good kick up the backside!
She wanted him more than ever.

Synonyms

desire, wish for, fancy, would like, feel like, crave, covet, yearn for, hanker after, be after, be looking for, require, absence, ache, appetite, aspire, be deficient, be deprived of, be found wanting, be greedy, be insufficient, be poor, be short of, be without, call for, choose, could do with, craving, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, demand, desiderate, destitution, exigency, exiguousness, fall short, fall short in, famine, feel a need, go short, go without, hanker, hankering, have a passion for, have a yen for, have ambition, have an urge for, have eyes for, have need of, hope for, hunger, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, incline toward, indigence, insufficiency, itch for, lack, long, longing, lust, meagerness, miss, necessity, need, neediness, paucity, pauperism, penury, pine, poorness, poverty, prefer, privation, requirement, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness, spoil for, stand in need of, starve, thirst, wish, yearn, yearning, yen

Antonyms