Definitions for wanted
want·ed

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1. wantedadjective

   desired or wished for or sought

   "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"

2. cherished, precious, treasured, wantedadjective

   characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

   "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

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1. wantedadjective

   wished for; desired; sought

2. wantedadjective

   subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

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1. Wanted

   Wanted is a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Charlie Craig, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in May 1990 as the third single from Jackson's first album, Here in the Real World. The song peaked at number 3 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart.

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1. wanted

   Wanted can be defined as being desired, sought after, or needed. It typically refers to someone or something that is being actively searched for or sought by individuals or authorities, often due to their involvement in a crime or their importance in a particular context.

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1. Wanted

   of Want

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1. Wanted

   "Wanted" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. A recording by Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra and chorus was made at Manhattan Center, New York City, on December 29, 1952. It was released by RCA Victor Recordsas catalog number 20-5647 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10691. The flip side of both recordings was "Look out the Window" The most popular recorded version, by Perry Como, reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1954. The song also reached #1 on the Cash Box chart in the same year. Al Martino also had a top 10 hit with the song in the United Kingdom. Another early recorded version is by singer pianist Moon Mullican. The song was featured in a Christmas episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati", in a flashback to 12/24/54. Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin'.

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1. wanted

   Song lyrics by wanted -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by wanted on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #422

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wanted' in Written Corpus Frequency: #313

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How to pronounce wanted?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say wanted in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wanted in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wanted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wanted in a Sentence

1. Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto:

   I've been listening to it for over 40 years. I was 24 years old when my husband was murdered, shot in the head, point-blank, by Mumia Abu-Jamal, he did it with malice and did it with premeditation, and there's no doubt in my mind. I went to every single court hearing, and if anyone wanted to know who murdered my husband, it was me. I wanted to know who murdered Danny, and it was Mumia. He did it with such malice. I mean, he executed him.

2. Kyrie Irving:

   We stuck to the game plan, we didn't want a talented guy like James Harden to beat us. We wanted their other guys to beat us and we forced him to pass off to other guys and we trusted our weakside rotation.

3. Jordan Bechtold:

   We wanted to help inform the debate about legalization of marijuana, but it’s a very complicated issue and one study should not be taken in isolation.

4. Chu Myung-wha:

   When I thought about her future, there was no hope, i wanted her to have a proper education and for her to be happy.

5. Roger Stone:

   My testimony before House Intelligence Committee was entirely truthful and there is no credible evidence to the contrary, from the beginning, I wanted to protect the identity of Randy Credico, because I knew that Randy Credico support for Julian Assange and the journalistic independence of WikiLeaks would not be popular in the progressive left circles where Randy Credico made a living.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wanted
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wanted
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wanted
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wanted
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wanted