What does wanted mean?
Definitions for wanted
want·ed
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word wanted.
Princeton's WordNet
wanted(adj)
desired or wished for or sought
"couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"
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
wanted(Adjective)
wished for; desired; sought
wanted(Adjective)
subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.
Webster Dictionary
Wanted
of Want
Freebase
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'.
Suggested Resources
wanted
Song lyrics by wanted -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by wanted on the Lyrics.com website.
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
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
I wanted to cry.
We wanted to know.
Shark Tank star Robert Herjavec:
I just wanted to end it.
What he wanted, I had to.
I wanted to keep serving.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for wanted
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- gewünscht, ersehnt, erwünschtGerman
- reserĉataEsperanto
- buscado, deseadoSpanish
- toivottu, haluttu, etsintäkuulutettu, etsittyFinnish
- recherchéFrench
- eftirlýsturIcelandic
- 指名手配中Japanese
- dikehendakiMalay
- gezochtDutch
- pożądany, chciany, poszukiwanyPolish
- procurado, queridoPortuguese
- разы́скиваемый, ну́жный, жела́емый, тре́буемый, жела́нныйRussian
- tražen, željenSerbo-Croatian
- efterlyst, eftersöktSwedish
Get even more translations for wanted »
Translation
Find a translation for the wanted definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
Español (Spanish)
Esperanto (Esperanto)
日本語 (Japanese)
Português (Portuguese)
Deutsch (German)
العربية (Arabic)
Français (French)
Русский (Russian)
ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
한국어 (Korean)
עברית (Hebrew)
Український (Ukrainian)
اردو (Urdu)
Magyar (Hungarian)
मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
Indonesia (Indonesian)
Italiano (Italian)
தமிழ் (Tamil)
Türkçe (Turkish)
తెలుగు (Telugu)
ภาษาไทย (Thai)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Čeština (Czech)
Polski (Polish)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Românește (Romanian)
Nederlands (Dutch)
Ελληνικά (Greek)
Latinum (Latin)
Svenska (Swedish)
Dansk (Danish)
Suomi (Finnish)
فارسی (Persian)
ייִדיש (Yiddish)
հայերեն (Armenian)
Norsk (Norwegian)
English (English)
Discuss these wanted definitions with the community:
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"wanted." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2019. Web. 8 Dec. 2019. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/wanted>.