"wanting" meaning in English

See wanting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg Forms: more wanting [comparative], most wanting [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)
  1. That wants or desires.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-2HViyiX8
  2. Absent or lacking. Translations (absent or lacking): عاوز [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), лишен (lišen) (Bulgarian), липсващ (lipsvašt) (Bulgarian), díothach (Irish), uireasach (Irish), easpach (Irish), کم (kam) (Persian), deficiente (Portuguese), desprovido (Portuguese), faltante (Portuguese), 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa) (Prakrit), ऊन (ūna) (Sanskrit), uireasbhach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-BzmRzl6j Disambiguation of 'absent or lacking': 1 96 2
  3. Deficient.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-M~gi2-QJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: find wanting, wantingly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg Forms: wantings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} want + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wanting (countable and uncountable, plural wantings)
  1. The state of wanting something; desire. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-noun-T~Ywmhvj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} wanting, {{en-prep}} wanting
  1. Without, except, but.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-prep-vte6bWfi
  2. Less, short of, minus.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-prep-kQDftw~B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Prakrit translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 18 5 13 29 16 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 9 15 10 21 27 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 7 8 7 6 10 31 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 10 11 10 11 38 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 12 6 9 50 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 8 14 6 10 43 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 4 5 6 64 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 9 8 7 57 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 7 9 21 3 52 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 9 9 4 59 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 9 22 4 49 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 9 22 4 50 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Prakrit translations: 7 8 4 6 66 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 9 10 9 4 60 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 9 9 4 58 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wanting
  1. present participle and gerund of want Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: want
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-verb-t19l5uim Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 7 8 7 6 10 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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