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wanted

adj
/ˈwɒn.tɪd/UK/ˈwɑn.tɪd/US

Etymology

From want + -ed.

  1. derived from *h₁weh₂-✻
  2. derived from *wanatōną✻
  3. derived from vanta
  4. inherited from wanten
  5. suffixed as wanted — “want + ed”

Definitions

  1. Wished for

    Wished for; desired; sought.

    • Wanted: babysitter
    • She was the most wanted speaker at the conference.

  2. Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

    • America’s most wanted
    • The police arrested a wanted criminal.

  3. simple past and past participle of want

The neighborhood

Derived

beckons wanted, bid wanted, help wanted, most wanted, not wanted on voyage, offer wanted, wanted cargo, wanted list, wanted notice, wanted poster

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wanted. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01wanted02enforcement03compulsion04perform05pattern06annoyance07annoyed08unwanted

A definitional loop anchored at wanted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at wanted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA