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(v)
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
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(n)
Good wishes.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
(transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
(intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
an expression of some desire or inclination
(transitive) To hope for success in one's future.
(adj)
Expressing a wish or longing for something.
wished-for, longed-for
To want; to wish for earnestly.
A yearning for; a want.
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
A strong desire; yearning.
A wistful or melancholy longing.
Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
The state of being desirable.
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
The state of being willing
The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.
(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
(transitive) To possess, own.
Something that is intended.
(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
(adv)
Perhaps, possibly.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To request forcefully.
Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
(chiefly England regional, Scotland) To plead; to argue.
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
(transitive) To be an omen of.
Having been asked to attend.
To request or petition.
(archaic) To pledge.
The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Good fortune.
(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
Possibly.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
The property of being unwilling.
(intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain.
(intransitive) To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.
To greet with a "hey"
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
A surname from Mandarin.
(music, historical) An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.
Obsolete spelling of do. [(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.]
The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
A surname.