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Definition of "desire" []
- To wish or long for; want. (verb-transitive)
- To express a wish for; request. (verb-transitive)
- A wish or longing. (noun)
- A request or petition. (noun)
- The object of longing: My greatest desire is to go back home. (noun)
- To wish or long for; crave; want (verb)
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- To express a wish or make a request for; ask for (verb)
- A wish or longing; craving (noun)
- An expressed wish; request (noun)
- Sexual appetite; lust (noun)
- A person or thing that is desired (noun)
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Use "desire" in a sentence
- "But, for the most part, husbands and wives _can_ have children, if they so desire, _and they_ SHOULD _so desire_."
- "B.C. See Vincent Smith, _Oxford History of India_, p. 52.] [Footnote 9: This is sometimes rendered simply by desire but _desire_ in"
- "Your main desire is to see America fail and blame this administration even tho they are left with the Bush mess."