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(v)
(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
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Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To request or petition.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
(transitive, formal) To wait for.
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
(intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
(n)
A prediction of the weather.
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
(transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(adv)
(degree) To a given extent or degree.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
To request forcefully.
To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
To demand ownership of.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
To want; to wish for earnestly.
(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
(transitive) To sell at a reduced price.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
To provide explanation.
(transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To create a plan for.
An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr.
(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.
(N)
"Wanna" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their second studio album, Revolution.
(transitive) To seek.
(transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
(transitive) To be dependent upon.
(transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.
(transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
To rely on someone or something; to count on something; to depend on something.
be contingent on
To count on or depend (on).
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
(adj)
Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
(uncountable) The ability to do something.
(now chiefly in the plural form means, also in a singular sense) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.
conditional of can
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
To move toward the speaker.
Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
(intransitive) To occur or take place.
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
(in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.