Tra từ want - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

want [want wants wanted wanting] verb, noun BrE [wɒnt] NAmE [wɑːnt] NAmE [wɔːnt]
verb transitive (not usually used in the progressive tenses)

WISH
1. to have a desire or a wish for sth
•~ sth Do you want some more tea?
• She's always wanted a large family.
•All I want is the truth.
•Thanks for the present— it's just what I wanted.
•I can do whatever I want.
•The last thing I wanted was to upset you.
•The party wants her as leader.
•~ (to do sth) What do you want to do tomorrow?
•‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’
•There are two points which I wanted to make.
•I just wanted to know if everything was all right.
• (informal)You can come too, if you want.
•~ sb/sth to do sth Do you want me to help?
•We didn't want this to happen.
•I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. Notice that you cannot say ‘want that…’: I want that you do it quickly. When the infinitive is used after want, it must have to: I want study in America.
•~ sb/sth doing sth I don't want you coming home so late.
•~ sb/sth + adj. Do you want your coffee black or white?

NEED
2. (informal)to need sth
•~ sth We'll want more furniture for the new office.
• What this house wants is a good clean.
•It wants a special sort of person for that job.
•~ doing sth The plants want watering daily.
•~ to be/have sth The plants want to be watered daily.
3. usually passive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to need sb to be present in the place or for the purpose mentioned
• She's wanted immediately in the director's office.
• Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
see also ↑wanted

SHOULD/OUGHT TO
4. ~ to do sth (informal)used to give advice to sb, meaning ‘should’ or ‘ought to’
•If possible, you want to avoid alcohol.
•He wants to be more careful.
•You don't want to do it like that.

FEEL SEXUAL DESIRE
5. ~ sb to feel sexual desire for sb

LACK
6. ~ sth (formal)to lack sth
Syn: short of
•He doesn't want courage.
more at want none of sth at ↑none _pron., have/play/take/want no part in/of sth at ↑part _n., have/want no truck with sb/sth at ↑truck _n., waste not, want not at ↑waste _v., have/want it both ways at ↑way _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of “lack” was early extended to “need” and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.

More About:
offers and invitations
Would you like…? is the most usual polite question form for offers and invitations, especially in BrE: ▪ Would you like a cup of coffee?
Do you want…? is less formal and more direct. It is more common in NAmE than in BrE: ▪ We’re going to a club tonight. Do you want to come with us?
Would you care…? is very formal and now sounds old-fashioned.

Example Bank:
•All I want is the truth.
•I just want you to be happy.
•If you truly want to help, just do as I say.
•Thanks for the present— it's just what I've always wanted.
•‘I want you so much,’ she whispered in his ear.
•‘It's time you did your homework.’ ‘I don't want to!’
•Alice, please don't leave me. I want you. I need you. I can't live without you.
•Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
•I don't want you coming home so late.
•I want it done quickly.
•I want to study in America.
•I want you to do it quickly.
•She's always wanted a large family.
•She's wanted immediately in the director's office.
•The last thing a wanted was to upset you.
•We didn't want this to happen.
•We'll want more furniture for the new office.
•You can come too, if you want.
Idioms: ↑for want of something ▪ ↑in want of something ▪ ↑not for want of doing something ▪ ↑not want to know ▪ ↑want rid of somebody ▪ ↑what do you want?
Derived: ↑want for something ▪ ↑want in ▪ ↑want in something ▪ ↑want out ▪ ↑want out of something ▪ ↑want something out of somebody

noun (formal)

STH YOU NEED
1. countable, usually plural something that you need or want
•She spent her life pandering to the wants of her children.

LACK
2. uncountable, singular ~ of sth (formal)a situation in which there is not enough of sth; a lack of sth
•a want of adequate medical facilities

BEING POOR
3. uncountable (formal)the state of being poor, not having food, etc
•Visitors to the slums were clearly shocked to see so many families living in want.

Word Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of “lack” was early extended to “need” and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.

Example Bank:
•Society can't satisfy all human wants.
•Thousands of children are living in want.
•a society that satisfied all human wants
•The snail does not need to travel far to satisfy all its bodily wants.
•There is a want of adequate medical facilities.
•We call our music ‘postmodern’ for want of a better word.