English Dictionary

desire

/dɪˈzaɪə/

verb

To want; to wish for earnestly. / To put a request to (someone); to entreat. / To want emotionally or sexually. / To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. / To require; to demand; to claim.

I desire to travel the world.

意味（1）

To want; to wish for earnestly.

I desire to speak with you.

意味（2）

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.

意味（3）

To want emotionally or sexually.

She has desired him since they first met.

意味（4）

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Then shee said, Did I desire a sonne of my Lord ? did I not say, Doe not deceiue me?

意味（5）

To require; to demand; to claim.

A doleful case desires a doleful song.

意味（6）

To miss; to regret.

She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.