wanted

English

Etymology

From want +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒntɪd/
Audio (UK): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑntɪd/, (in fast speech) /ˈwɑnɪd/, [ˈwɑnɪd]
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

wanted (comparative more wanted, superlative most wanted)

Wished for; desired; sought.
Wanted: babysitter

She was the most wanted speaker at the conference.
(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

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

simple past and past participle of want

Cebuano

Etymology

From English wanted.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: wan‧ted

Adjective

wanted

(law) wanted

Noun

wanted

(law) a wanted person