want
Because it is a word with a single syllable, want is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwant
- A desire, wish, longing.
- (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
- Poverty.
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
Example: "What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother."
- (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
Example: "Danish police want him for embezzlement."
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
Example: "You can leave if you want."
- (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
Example: "You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result."
- (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
Example: "That chair wants fixing."
- (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
- To be lacking or deficient or absent.
Example: "There was something wanting in the play."
- To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Example: "The paupers desperately want."
- To lack and be without, to not have (something).
Example: "She wanted anything she needed."
- (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
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