What does wanted mean?
Definitions for wanted
want·ed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word wanted.
Princeton's WordNet
wantedadjective
desired or wished for or sought
"couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"
cherished, precious, treasured, wantedadjective
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
"a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"
Wiktionary
wantedadjective
wished for; desired; sought
wantedadjective
subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.
Wikipedia
Wanted
Wanted is a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Charlie Craig, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in May 1990 as the third single from Jackson's first album, Here in the Real World. The song peaked at number 3 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart.
ChatGPT
wanted
Wanted can be defined as being desired, sought after, or needed. It typically refers to someone or something that is being actively searched for or sought by individuals or authorities, often due to their involvement in a crime or their importance in a particular context.
Webster Dictionary
Wanted
of Want
Wikidata
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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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #422
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Written Corpus Frequency: #313
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wanted in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wanted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of wanted in a Sentence
When the flak came up and you heard it, you wanted to get out of that plane, it was like it hailed outside. That’s why you’re glad to jump. When those planes go down, that’s it. But when you jump, you still have a chance.
In the Dutch press, there has been a lot of talk about there's maybe too many tourists in Amsterdam and it being too busy, instead of being all negative about it, we wanted to do something positive because Yellow Bike has been around for 25 years, and on a daily basis we work with tourists and we see how much fun the interaction can be between tourists and the locals.
He was cocky, it looked like he wanted to hurt him. There was no need to tase him. No reason. He was no threat and we told him he had the wrong man.
We wanted to build a bright future in Germany, to have a safer life and to be together again as a family.'' It wasn't to be.Shortly after arriving in Germany in 2016, Manana Tsatieva learned that Zelimkhan Khangoshvili had another wife in Ukraine who was pregnant. Manana Tsatieva and Zelimkhan Khangoshvili -- who had been married for two decades -- split and had minimal contact from that point on. Hopes dashedKhangoshvili's life in Germany initially seemed safer, but it was no less difficult : his asylum applications were rejected three times. Now his murder, and the emerging evidence that alleges links to Russian security services, have prompted many to ask why the German government has been uncharacteristically quiet on the matter.Since the killing, no German authorities have contacted Khangoshvili's family to.
She was very, very angry because he didn't have clean pants that matched the uniform and they didn't have the money, i thought he liked the school and I didn't think he wanted to go.
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- مطلوبArabic
- chtělCzech
- ønskedeDanish
- erwünscht, gewünscht, ersehntGerman
- reserĉataEsperanto
- deseado, buscadoSpanish
- تحت تعقیبPersian
- HAETTAVAA, haluttu, etsitty, etsintäkuulutettu, toivottuFinnish
- recherchéFrench
- theastaighIrish
- kívánatosHungarian
- հետախուզվողArmenian
- diinginkanIndonesian
- eftirlýsturIcelandic
- ricercatoItalian
- מבוקשHebrew
- 指名手配中, WANTED 欲しいJapanese
- 원하던Korean
- voluitLatin
- dikehendakiMalay
- gezochtDutch
- ønsketNorwegian
- poszukiwany, chciany, pożądanyPolish
- procurado, queridoPortuguese
- doritRomanian
- жела́нный, разы́скиваемый, тре́буемый, жела́емый, ну́жныйRussian
- željen, traženSerbo-Croatian
- eftersökt, efterlystSwedish
- ต้องการThai
- arananTurkish
- хотівUkrainian
- چاہتا تھاUrdu
- ווילןYiddish
- 通缉Chinese
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