desire

About 55.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To want; to wish for earnestly.

   I desire to speak with you.

2. verb To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
3. verb To want emotionally or sexually.

   She has desired him since they first met.

4. verb To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
5. verb To require; to demand; to claim.
6. verb To miss; to regret.
7. noun The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

   Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgement.

8. noun Someone or something wished for.

   It is my desire to speak with you.

Similar words

want hope trust wanting crave yearn desirous craving longing yearning

Often followed by

to for of and that is in the was

Word family

desired desires desiring