transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪzaɪə(r) ]
( desires, desiring, desired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
They seem to have lost their desire for life.
N-COUNT : oft N to-inf , N for n
2.
If you desire something, you want it. ( FORMAL )
She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
VERB : no cont , V n , V to-inf
• de‧sired
You may find that just threatening this course of action will produce the desired effect...
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
Desire for someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.
Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you say that something leaves a lot to be desired , you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
PHRASE : V inflects [ disapproval ]