I Wanted Voters Refuse Verb Wɒnt Wɑːnt Tea

• do you want some more tea?
• to want children/kids
• to want peace/war/change
• voters want answers to these questions,

want

Verb Forms

1. to have a desire or a wish for something/somebody
• Do you want some more tea?
• to want children/kids
• to want peace/war/change
• Voters want answers to these questions,
• If you want more information, visit the website.
• The US wants access to Chinese markets.
• The voters seem to want a reason to vote for him.
• She's always wanted a large family.
• If you want some help, just ask.
• I want a new job.
• All I want is the truth.
• Thanks for the present—it's just what I wanted.
• I can do whatever I want.
• The last thing I wanted was to upset you.
• What do you want for Christmas?
• I wanted bacon and eggs for breakfast.
• The party wants her as leader.
• What do you want to do tomorrow?
• What I really want to know is why you would even think that?
• ‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’
• I just wanted to know if everything was all right.
• You can come too, if you want.
• We could see a movie later if you want to.
• There are two points which I wanted to make.
• I wanted to go home.
• I simply wanted to be left in peace.
• She desperately wanted to believe him.
• These are books that children actually want to read.
• Do you want me to help?
• I want people to know what I've done.
• We didn't want this to happen.
• I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible.
• I don't want you coming home so late.
• Do you want your coffee black or white?
• It was clear that somebody wanted him dead.
• They want him arrested.
• What do you want from me?
• I had to discover what I really wanted out of life.

Extra Examples

• I just want you to be happy.
• If you truly want to help, just do as I say.
• I want to study in America.
• I want you to do it quickly.
2. to need something
• We'll want more furniture for the new office.
• What this house wants is a good clean.
• It wants a special sort of person for that job.
• The plants want watering daily.
• The cake mixture wants to be smooth and light.
• The plants want to be watered daily.
3. to need somebody to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned
• SEE ALSO wanted
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wanted
• She's wanted immediately in the director's office.
• Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
4. used to give advice to somebody, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’
• If possible, you want to avoid alcohol.
• He wants to be more careful.
• You don't want to do it like that.
5. to feel sexual desire for somebody
• ‘I want you so much,’ she whispered in his ear.
• Alice, please don't leave me. I want you. I need you. I can't live without you.
6. to lack something
• SYNONYM be short of
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/short_1#short_sng_5
• He doesn't want courage.
7. to have or want to have the advantages of two different situations or ways of behaving that are impossible to combine
• You can't have it both ways. If you can afford to go out all the time, you can afford to pay off some of your debts.
8. to refuse to accept something
• I offered to pay but he was having none of it.
• They pretended to be enthusiastic about my work but then suddenly decided they wanted none of it.
9. to refuse to deal with somebody; to refuse to accept or consider something
• We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations.
• Dave wants no truck with change. For him, things are just fine as they are.
10. to take no interest in something because you do not care about it or it is too much trouble
• I've tried to ask her advice, but she doesn't want to know (= about my problems).
• ‘How much was it?’ ‘You don't want to know’ (= it is better if you don't know).
11. to want to be free of somebody/something that has been annoying you or that you do not want
• Are you trying to say you want rid of me?
12. if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it
13. used to ask somebody in a rude or angry way why they are there or what they want you to do

Word Origin

• Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of “lack” was early extended to “need” and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.