want to

Have a hankering

Want to expresses desire or intention: I want to go home, Do you want to try this?

In casual speech, it contracts to wanna.

Want to can also convey advice or mild obligation: You want to be careful with that suggests you should be.

You don't want to miss this means you shouldn't.

intention

planning

Arranging for future events

resolving · committing · preparing · determined · set on · bent on · purposing · scheming · plotting · designing

desire

yearning

Intense prolonged craving

hoping · pining · aching · hungering · thirsting · coveting · itching · eager · keen · desirous

motivation

driven

Intensely determined to achieve

moved · prompted · spurred · pushed · pulled · drawn · called · urged · impelled · stirred

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Opposites
volition/desire

want todread

Intense anticipatory fear

resist · avoid · abhor · shy away from · detest

INTERNAL vs. EXTERNAL MOTIVATION

want tohave to

Be obligated

must · need to · can't help but · ought to · should

Family

want, to, wants, wanted, wanting, unwanted

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G