adj
Meaning 1
Wished for; desired; sought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Wanted: babysitter
- She was the most wanted speaker at the conference.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wanted
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈwɒn.tɪd/
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US: /ˈwɑn.tɪd/
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US: /ˈwɑ.nɪd/ in fast speech
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adj
Meaning 2
Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, law-enforcement
Examples
- America’s most wanted
- The police arrested a wanted criminal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of want
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
desired or wished for or sought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy
- a wanted criminal
- a wanted poster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unwanted
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cherished friend
- children are precious
- a treasured heirloom
- so good to feel wanted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cherished, precious, treasured
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English want Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English wanted From want + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: желан (želan) — desired
- Bulgarian: нужен (nužen) — desired
- Finnish: etsitty — desired
- Finnish: haluttu — desired
- Finnish: toivottu — desired
- German: ersehnt — desired
- German: gewünscht — desired
- German: erwünscht — desired
- Hindi: वांछित (vāñchit) — desired
- Hungarian: akart — desired
- Hungarian: kívánt — desired
- Hungarian: vágyott — desired
- Polish: pożądany — desired
- Polish: chciany — desired
- Russian: жела́емый (želájemyj) — desired
- Russian: тре́буемый (trébujemyj) — desired
- Russian: жела́нный (želánnyj) — desired
- Russian: ну́жный (núžnyj) — desired
- Serbo-Croatian: željen — desired
- Spanish: deseado — desired
- Swedish: efterlyst — desired
- Swedish: eftersökt — desired
- Bulgarian: търсен (tǎrsen) — subject to immediate detainment
- Catalan: buscat — subject to immediate detainment
- Cebuano: gipangita — subject to immediate detainment
- Cebuano: wanted — subject to immediate detainment
- Chinese Mandarin: 通緝 /通缉 (tōngjī) — subject to immediate detainment
- Esperanto: reserĉata — subject to immediate detainment
- Finnish: etsintäkuulutettu — subject to immediate detainment
- French: recherché — subject to immediate detainment
- Georgian: ძებნილი (ʒebnili) — subject to immediate detainment
- Hindi: वांछित (vāñchit) — subject to immediate detainment
- Hungarian: körözött — subject to immediate detainment
- Hungarian: körözés alatt álló — subject to immediate detainment
- Icelandic: eftirlýstur — subject to immediate detainment
- Japanese: 指名手配中 (shimei tehai chū) — subject to immediate detainment
- Malay: dikehendaki — subject to immediate detainment
- Polish: poszukiwany — subject to immediate detainment
- Portuguese: procurado — subject to immediate detainment
- Russian: разы́скиваемый (razýskivajemyj) — subject to immediate detainment
- Serbo-Croatian: tražen — subject to immediate detainment
- Spanish: buscado — subject to immediate detainment
- Swedish: efterlyst — subject to immediate detainment
Real reading context