desire
To want; to wish for earnestly.
Verb 3 meanings
To want; to wish for earnestly.
“I desire to speak with you.”
To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Noun 3 meanings
The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
“Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgement.”
Someone or something wished for.
“It is my desire to speak with you.”
Motivation.
Etymology
From Middle English desir, desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, "from the stars") in connection with astrological hopes. Compare consider and desiderate.
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DESIRE at a glance
DESIRE has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + S 1 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,381 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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