"want-to" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "want-to (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 September 13, “Colorado Towns Are Left Stranded in Deadly Floods”, in New York Times",
          "text": "“This is not your ordinary disaster,” said Joe Pelle, the sheriff of Boulder County, where two of the deaths were reported, when he was asked about rescue efforts. “All the preparation in the world, all the want-to in the world, can’t put people up those canyons while debris and walls of water are coming down.”",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intention, desire."
      ],
      "id": "en-want-to-en-noun-GZeBLyuj",
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        [
          "Intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Intention, desire."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "going-to"
        },
        {
          "word": "got-to"
        },
        {
          "word": "have-to"
        },
        {
          "word": "like-to"
        },
        {
          "word": "ought-to"
        },
        {
          "word": "gotta"
        },
        {
          "word": "gunna"
        },
        {
          "word": "hafta"
        },
        {
          "word": "oughta"
        },
        {
          "word": "would have"
        },
        {
          "word": "could have"
        },
        {
          "word": "should have"
        },
        {
          "word": "woulda"
        },
        {
          "word": "coulda"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoulda"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "intention, desire",
          "word": "wanna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "want-to"
}

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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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      "expansion": "want-to (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "going-to"
    },
    {
      "word": "got-to"
    },
    {
      "word": "have-to"
    },
    {
      "word": "like-to"
    },
    {
      "word": "ought-to"
    },
    {
      "word": "gotta"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunna"
    },
    {
      "word": "hafta"
    },
    {
      "word": "oughta"
    },
    {
      "word": "would have"
    },
    {
      "word": "could have"
    },
    {
      "word": "should have"
    },
    {
      "word": "woulda"
    },
    {
      "word": "coulda"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoulda"
    }
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 September 13, “Colorado Towns Are Left Stranded in Deadly Floods”, in New York Times",
          "text": "“This is not your ordinary disaster,” said Joe Pelle, the sheriff of Boulder County, where two of the deaths were reported, when he was asked about rescue efforts. “All the preparation in the world, all the want-to in the world, can’t put people up those canyons while debris and walls of water are coming down.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intention, desire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Intention, desire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "intention, desire",
      "word": "wanna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "want-to"
}