wanted

English

Etymology

From want + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒn.tɪd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.tɪd/, (in fast speech) /ˈwɑ.nɪd/

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Adjective

wanted (comparative more wanted, superlative most wanted)

1. Wished for; desired; sought.

   Wanted: babysitter

   She was the most wanted speaker at the conference.

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

   America’s most wanted

   The police arrested a wanted criminal.

Antonyms

• unwanted

Derived terms

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

Translations

desired

• Bulgarian: желан (bg) (želan), нужен (bg) (nužen)
• Finnish: etsitty (fi), haluttu (fi), toivottu (fi)
• German: ersehnt (de), gewünscht (de), erwünscht (de)
• Hindi: वांछित (hi) (vāñchit)
• Hungarian: akart (hu), kívánt (hu), vágyott
• Polish: pożądany (pl), chciany
• Russian: жела́емый (ru) (želájemyj), тре́буемый (ru) (trébujemyj), жела́нный (ru) (želánnyj), ну́жный (ru) (núžnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: željen (sh)
• Spanish: deseado (es)
• Swedish: efterlyst (sv), eftersökt (sv)

subject to immediate detainment

• Bulgarian: търсен (bg) (tǎrsen)
• Catalan: buscat (ca)
• Cebuano: gipangita, wanted
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通緝 / 通缉 (zh) (tōngjī)

• Esperanto: reserĉata
• Finnish: etsintäkuulutettu
• French: recherché (fr)
• Georgian: ძებნილი (ʒebnili)
• Hindi: वांछित (hi) (vāñchit)
• Hungarian: körözött (hu), körözés alatt álló
• Icelandic: eftirlýstur
• Japanese: 指名手配中 (しめいてはいちゅう, shimei tehai chū)
• Malay: dikehendaki
• Polish: poszukiwany (pl)
• Portuguese: procurado (pt) m
• Russian: разы́скиваемый (ru) (razýskivajemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: tražen (sh)
• Spanish: buscado (es) m
• Swedish: efterlyst (sv)

Verb

wanted

1. simple past and past participle of want

Cebuano

Etymology

From English wanted.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wan‧ted

Adjective

wanted

1. (law) wanted

Noun

wanted

1. (law) a wanted person