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How to pronounce desire in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hope, trust
Type of wish
Type Words
Synonyms want
Has types yearn, begrudge, care, crave, envy, fancy, feel like, go for, hanker, hope, hunger, itch, lech after, like, long, lust, lust after, miss, seek, spoil, starve, take to, thirst, wish, wish well, ambition
Type Words
Type of tendency, inclination
Has types hungriness, thirstiness, thirst, greed, hunger


a man of many desires.
Type Words
Type of request, quest, call for, bespeak, ask for
Type Words
Type of arousal
Has types materialism, rage, passion, philistinism
Derivation desirous
Type Words
Type of feeling
Has types temptation, eros, dream, urge, want, whim, wish, wishing, yearning, aspiration, craving, ambition, concupiscence, caprice, impulse, bloodlust, hungriness, itch, longing, physical attraction, sexual desire

Examples of desire

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Cashman, who hasn't hid his desire to sign Lee, plans to be in Braunecker's ear.
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Carr thought the cold and wind may have sapped any hunting desire from his bird.
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This season, the Pistons have lacked the desire to win countless winnable games.
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Syjuco said he had fought against his father's desire for him to enter politics.
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That prompted a desire to coordinate the two as well as other planetary studies.
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Your partner Mark Cuban seems to have a real desire for fame as well as fortune.
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The desire, and ability, of patients to participate in their own care isn't new.
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The biggest weakness is its overt desire to be enjoyed by players of all skills.
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As long as you have confidence, determination and desire, you'll be unstoppable.
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More examples
  • Feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
  • The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  • An inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"
  • Hope: expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
  • Express a desire for
  • Something that is desired
  • Du00E9siru00E9 is a French male given name, which means "desired, wished". The female form is Du00E9siru00E9e. Du00E9siru00E9 may refer to:
  • Desire is an American romantic drama film released in 1936 and directed by Frank Borzage. It was produced by Borzage and Ernst Lubitsch.
  • Desire (Czech: Touha) is a 1958 Czechoslovak film directed by Vojtu011Bch Jasnu00FD. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.