"want-away" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ [UK] Forms: more want-away [comparative], most want-away [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: * from verb phrase "to want away"; from want + away Head templates: {{en-adj}} want-away (comparative more want-away, superlative most want-away)
  1. (of a professional sportsperson, usually an association footballer) who wants to move to another club
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-adj-D93InW2i
  2. (by extension, of any person or organisation) seeking to move its workplace to another location Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-adj-E6~J7ViR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: discontented, unsettled, wantaway

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ [UK] Forms: want-aways [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: * from verb phrase "to want away"; from want + away Head templates: {{en-noun}} want-away (plural want-aways)
  1. A want-away person or organisation
    Sense id: en-want-away-en-noun-2hgosQTi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 82 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 23 28 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 10 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wantaway

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more want-away",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most want-away",
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      ]
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      ],
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        "of any person or organisation"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unsettled"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more want-away",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most want-away",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "who wants to move to another club"
      ],
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        "(of a professional sportsperson, usually an association footballer) who wants to move to another club"
      ],
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        "of a professional sportsperson"
      ]
    },
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        "seeking to move its workplace to another location"
      ],
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        "(by extension, of any person or organisation) seeking to move its workplace to another location"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of any person or organisation"
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "discontented"
    },
    {
      "word": "unsettled"
    },
    {
      "word": "wantaway"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ"
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    {
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        "A want-away person or organisation"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "wantaway"
    }
  ],
  "word": "want-away"
}

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