Definition
to want (something): to wish for, to desire, to need (something)
WANTED: (one left shoe for a one-legged-man): Looking for, searching for, trying to find: (one left shoe for a one-legged-man)
He was wanted by the police for stealing a giant plastic ice cream from Jen and Barry's. The police are still searching for him.
- "I have always wanted to say that."
- "I understand that you wanted to marry a rich guy, at least that makes sense, but yet here you are back in London with nothing to show for it, not even a fancy diamond ring."
- "Susie : By the way, I wanted to thank you for your support at the meeting earlier."
- "You've always wanted a baby, so this is the moment that I've been waiting for."
- "plots and conspiracies, failed assassination attempts, 10 most wanted cats in Sweden."
- "You remember the new factory we wanted to build in Spain?"
- "When she told me she was blind, I immediately wanted to know more about her, to "see" who she really was inside."
- "I always wanted to work for the MI5, but they said I was too rock and roll."
- "Xavier taught me the perfume trade because he wanted me to take over his business, and carry on his legacy."
- "Being a sailor is my life's dream. I've wanted to do it since last month."
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