Meaning

To want; to wish for earnestly..

Definitions by Sense

1. To want; to wish for earnestly.
2. To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
3. To want emotionally or sexually.
4. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
5. To require; to demand; to claim.
6. To miss; to regret.
7. (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
8. (countable) Someone or something wished for.

Example Sentences

I desire to speak with you.

Neither shall any man desire thy land.

[S]eeing you desire your child to live, / Thanks, but you work against your own desire; […]

And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.

Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

She has desired him since they first met.

Then shee said, Did I desire a sonne of my Lord ? did I not say, Doe not deceiue me?

Desire him to go in; trouble him no more.

Word Forms

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When Should You Use Desire?

Use desire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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