v
To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
n
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
v
To desire and strive for as an ambition.
n
One who is excessively ambitious.
v
To make or become ambitious.
n
A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
n
The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
adj
Obsolete spelling of auspicious [Of good omen; indicating future success.]
v
(transitive) To yearn over or about; yearn for; long for; desire.
adj
Expressing a wish or desire.
v
(transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
n
That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
v
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
v
(transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
n
(rhetoric) A vehement expression of desire, as in "think of the children!" or requests preceded by "for God's sake".
n
(attributive) Designating something that a person considers indispensable and would always want to have available.
adj
(grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
n
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
n
Eye dialect spelling of desire. [(countable) Someone or something wished for.]
n
Things that are wanted or desired.
n
A thing that people want; something that is desirable.
v
To want; to wish for earnestly.
n
One who desires, asks, or wishes.
n
(philosophy) Desire conceptualized as a generative force rather than a mere lack of something.
adj
Of or pertaining to desire.
adj
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
v
Obsolete spelling of desire [To want; to wish for earnestly.]
n
Desire or fondness for buying
n
Obsolete form of intent. [Something that is intended.]
n
(archaic) An earnest wishing or desire.
adj
(obsolete) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
v
To have a desire for something, or to do something.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To seek; be eager for; desire.
v
To crave, want or desire.
n
The optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.
n
(countable) The actual thing wished for.
n
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
adv
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
n
(idiomatic) The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.
adv
Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores.
v
(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
v
(transitive, archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
v
(transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
n
One who longs or yearns for something.
v
(transitive) To want (something) even though it will probably lead to one's own harm or unhappiness (e.g. an addictive drug).
v
(archaic) Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
v
(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
v
(transitive) To wish harder than.
v
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
adv
In an pleading manner; with pleas.
v
(intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
v
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
n
Archaic spelling of pretension. [A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.]
adj
Expressing or implying demand.
n
(literary) Tender, wistful, and/or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.
adj
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
adj
(law) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
adv
In a supplicant manner.
adj
(obsolete) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
n
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
n
(obsolete) A fervent wish.
v
Pronunciation spelling of want. [(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.]
n
(countable) A desire, wish, longing.
n
(informal) Intention, desire.
adj
Suggesting or pertaining to wants or desires; desirous.
v
To express well-wishes; to wish someone well.
n
(obsolete, rare) Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something.
v
Alternative form of well-wish [To express well-wishes; to wish someone well.]
v
To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after).
n
The thing desired or longed for.
v
To express hopes for good things for someone to that person.
v
To hope for success in one's future.
v
Obsolete spelling of wish [(transitive) To desire; to want.]
adv
(obsolete) According to wish; as was desired.
adj
(obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
adv
While wishing or yearning.
adv
(obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
v
(obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
v
(transitive) To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions etc.).
adj
Attempting or desiring something.
n
(obsolete) willingness; desire
v
Obsolete spelling of wish [(transitive) To desire; to want.]
v
(intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
v
(transitive) To have a strong desire for.
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