adj
Meaning 1
That wants or desires.
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Standard Lemma guide
wanting
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɒntɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: W AA1 N T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: W AA1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Absent or lacking.
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adj
Meaning 3
Deficient.
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noun
Meaning 4
The state of wanting something; desire.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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prep
Meaning 5
Without, except, but.
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prep
Meaning 6
Less, short of, minus.
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of want
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
nonexistent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the thumb is absent
- her appetite was lacking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lacking, absent, missing
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History
Etymology
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عاوز — absent or lacking
- Bulgarian: лишен (lišen) — absent or lacking
- Bulgarian: липсващ (lipsvašt) — absent or lacking
- Irish: díothach — absent or lacking
- Irish: uireasach — absent or lacking
- Irish: easpach — absent or lacking
- Persian: کم (kam) — absent or lacking
- Portuguese: deficiente — absent or lacking
- Portuguese: desprovido — absent or lacking
- Portuguese: faltante — absent or lacking
- Prakrit: 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa) — absent or lacking
- Sanskrit: ऊन (ūna) — absent or lacking
- Scottish Gaelic: uireasbhach — absent or lacking
- Turkish: eksik — absent or lacking
- Ottoman Turkish: اكسیك (eksik) — absent or lacking
Real reading context