WANT

(DESIRE) [verb] - to desire (a particular thing or plan of action). Want is not used in polite requests in British English.I want some chocolate. [T]She wants a word with you. [T]He's everything you'd ever want in a man - bright, funny and attractive. [T]What do you want out of life? [T]What do you want to eat? [+ to infinitive]What do you want to be when you grow up? [+ to infinitive]I want to be picked up at the airport at about nine o'clock. [+ to infinitive]Do you want me to take you to the station? [T + object + to infinitive]This letter - do you want it sent first class? [T + object + past participle]Do you want this pie hot? [T + object + adjective]I don't want a load of traffic going past my house all night, waking me up. [T + object + verb-ing]Compare like (WANT).To want someone is also to wish them to be present.Johnny, your mother wants you on the phone.Am I wanted at the meeting tomorrow?He is wanted by the police (= The police are searching for him) in connection with the murder of teenager Peter Lewis.Want is not used in the present continuous tense although the continuous form of the verb is sometimes used in other tenses.I've been wanting to see that film for months! [+ to infinitive]You wait - she'll be wanting her own horse next! [T](informal) Someone who wants out of/in an activity or plan of action wants to stop or start being involved in it.I want out of the whole venture before it's too late.Want ad is US for classified ad.See at classify.