Definitions for wanted
want·ed

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1. wanted(adj)

   desired or wished for or sought

   "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"

2. cherished, precious, treasured, wanted(adj)

   characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

   "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. wanted(Adjective)

   wished for; desired; sought

2. wanted(Adjective)

   subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

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1. Wanted

   of Want

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1. Wanted

   "Wanted" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. A recording by Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra and chorus was made at Manhattan Center, New York City, on December 29, 1952. It was released by RCA Victor Recordsas catalog number 20-5647 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10691. The flip side of both recordings was "Look out the Window" The most popular recorded version, by Perry Como, reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1954. The song also reached #1 on the Cash Box chart in the same year. Al Martino also had a top 10 hit with the song in the United Kingdom. Another early recorded version is by singer pianist Moon Mullican. The song was featured in a Christmas episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati", in a flashback to 12/24/54. Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin'.

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1. wanted

   Song lyrics by wanted -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by wanted on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #422

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Written Corpus Frequency: #313

How to pronounce wanted?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say wanted in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wanted in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wanted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wanted in a Sentence

1. Durga Moparti:

   It sounded like he was a little depressed and he wanted to go back to India.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   After the chemical weapons attack that took place here in Salisbury, along with our other allies, we pushed back, we punished Russia with important sanctions, we wanted the world to know that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by nations like ours who value the rule of law.

3. Marion Ross:

   They were hiring all kinds of actors who were down on their luck, they paid them not even minimum wage — below minimum… I didn’t have any lines, but they wanted all kinds of actors… and you worked with all these swell people, like Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset and Helen Hayes.

4. Nasr Hariri:

   We want more pressure on the regime to engage in the negotiation and continue in the negotiation to reach a political solution in six months, as (U.N. Security Council Resolution) 2254 says, just speaking about a political transition without any advancement, we will lose our trust in the process and our people will lose their trust in us and in the process itself. Hariri said Syria and its ally Iran wanted the fighting to continue until they could declare a military victory, and they were not abiding by agreements to de-escalate the fighting in areas such as Eastern Ghouta, a besieged rebel-held enclave.

5. Malvin Chigora:

   Even if I wanted to go to work, where do I get the $8 to go to and from work? It is better to tend to my field.

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