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Collocations for want - noun

ADJECTIVE

human
material

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VERB + want

meet, satisfy
Society can't satisfy all human wants.

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PREPOSITION

for want of
Refugees are dying for want of proper health care.
in want
Thousands of children are living in want.

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Collocations for want - verb

ADVERB

badly, desperately, really
just, only, simply
I just want you to be happy.
genuinely, truly
If you truly want to help, just do as I say.
always
Thanks for the present—it's just what I've always wanted.
never

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PHRASES

all you want
All I want is the truth.
exactly what you want, just what you want

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Want is used with these nouns as the subject:
consumer, side, voter

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Want is used with these nouns as the object:
access, adventure, affection, answer, apology, assurance, attention, autograph, autonomy, baby, break, clarification, company, custody, cut, divorce, drink, equality, explanation, fight, forgiveness, freedom, fun, guarantee, guidance, hand, help, job, justice, kid, liberation, opinion, promotion, proof, protection, reassurance, resolution, respect, return, revenge, ride, sympathy, trouble, vengeance, visitor, volunteer, wee

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