want
verb (used with object)
to feel a need or a desire for; wish for.
wants
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present tense formof want (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Reece, like many blind parents, says he wants to be extra prepared for when the baby comes, "so I don't get in the way or feel like a liability".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Technology executive Barry McCardel is fed up—and he wants a new social compact: No work dinner should last more than two hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He wants to know more about first responders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
My 87-year-old mother wants to pay for my brother’s kids’ education.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
She wants to hug and kiss her daughter goodbye, but she doesn’t dare.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
