Talk:want

Noun

No sense "a desire, a wish, a longing"? Mglovesfun (talk) 21:54, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Verb, Moroccan arabic

(he wants) (as there no infinitive in Arabic): بغى = bgha and NOT Habb; Habb is "he has loved"

--Lucyin 21:09, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

wan'

Hi, it would improve the entry to add the form "wan'" from "wanna", just as there's gon' (gun') < gonna < going to. Thanks in advance. --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:09, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

( Informal) To be obliged (to do something)

You want to be careful on the ice. Is obliged a good definition for this meaning? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:43, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

in want of

Similarly to in need, https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+want+of --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:18, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

want to

Is this a general grammatical pattern? Use the infinitive to after want in negative clauses with if. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Pronunciation of "want to"

Accordign to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary

In the close-knit phrase want to before a verb, the consonants are often simplified to /ˈwɑntə/. JMGN (talk) 07:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)