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How to pronounce “want”

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Pronunciation guide for want

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of want with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Silicon Valley & Political PowerI think I kind of want to thank you guys,
Definition summary
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand. [from 18th c.]

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How to pronounce want

Silicon Valley & Political Power

I think I kind of want to thank you guys,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “want”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand. [from 18th c.]
  • (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
  • (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  • (colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
  • (transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun). [from 15th c.]
  • (transitive, now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
  • (intransitive, dated) To be lacking or deficient or absent. [from 13th c.]
  • (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
  • (transitive, archaic) To lack and be without, to not have (something). [from 13th c.]
  • (transitive, obsolete, by extension) To lack and perhaps be able or willing to do without.
  • To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.
  • [Noun]
  • (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
  • (countable) Lack, absence, deficiency. [(often) with of]
  • (uncountable) Poverty.
  • Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  • (UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

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