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WANT

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• COVET (as in "a great desire")
• DESIRE (as in "want")
• DESPERATE (as in "needing more")
• LONGING (as in "a great desire")
• LUST (as in "a great desire")
• PASSION (as in "a great desire")
• WANT
• WILL (as in "God's Will")
• WISH
• YEARN (as in "a great desire")

Examples of Usage

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I want spaghetti and a greek salad without olives.

ASL Gloss

SPAGHETTI GREEK SALAD WITHOUT O-L-I-V-E-S I WANT.

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I want to eat a chef salad.

ASL Gloss

C-H-E-F SALAD EAT I WANT.

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I want soup and salad for lunch.

ASL Gloss

LUNCH SOUP SALAD I WANT.

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If you want to clarify your goals, you need to form a vision first.

ASL Gloss

YOU WANT CLARIFY YOUR GOALS HOW? FIRST FORM VISION.

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I want a black coffee, please.

ASL Gloss

I WANT COFFEE BLACK PLEASE.

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To be successful, it helps to have good grammar.

ASL Gloss

YOU WANT SUCCESS IMPORTANT HAVE GOOD GRAMMAR.

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To be successful, it helps to have good grammar.

ASL Gloss

YOU WANT SUCCESS IMPORTANT HAVE GOOD GRAMMAR.

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Where do you want to go for lunch?

ASL Gloss

LUNCH YOU WANT GO WHERE?

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I love books, so growing up I always wanted to become a librarian.

ASL Gloss

GROW-UP ME ALWAYS WANT BECOME LIBRARIAN WHY? ME LOVE BOOKS.

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I want to play outdoors!

ASL Gloss

PLAY OUTDOORS I WANT!

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I want to cook a dinner for you.

ASL Gloss

COOK DINNER FOR YOU I WANT.

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Do you want to join our bowling league?

ASL Gloss

OUR BOWLING L-E-A-G-U-E JOIN-US YOU WANT?

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I want a can of pop.

ASL Gloss

CAN POP I WANT.

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Do you want to walk to the store to buy ice cream?

ASL Gloss

STORE YOU WANT WALK BUY ICE CREAM?

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Would you like dessert?

ASL Gloss

DESSERT YOU WANT?

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I want chocolate ice cream.

ASL Gloss

YES CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM I WANT.

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What time do you want to go?

ASL Gloss

GO TIME YOU WANT?

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Juliette Gordon Low was sick often while growing up and lost her hearing in her right ear. On her wedding day, rice went into her left ear and when the doctor tried to take it out, he punctured her eardrum. Then she was deaf in both ears. She founded the Girl Scouts when she was 51 years old because she wanted girls to have the same opportunities as boys.

ASL Gloss

J-U-L-I-E-T-T-E G-O-R-D-O-N L-O-W SHE GREW-UP SICKLY RIGHT EAR DETERIORATE. LATER HER WEDDING R-I-C-E WENT-IN LEFT EAR DOCTOR TRY EXTRACT OOPS PUNCTURE EAR NOW DEAF BOTH EARS. FUTURE AGE 51 SHE FOUNDED GIRL SCOUTS WHY? WANT GIRLS SAME BOYS.

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Would you like a slice of tomato on your sandwich?

ASL Gloss

YOUR SANDWICH TOMATO YOU WANT ADD?

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I am taking the class because I want to be an interpreter.

ASL Gloss

CLASS I TAKE-UP WHY? I WANT BECOME INTERPRETER.

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I wanted to buy a ticket for the game but they had none left.

ASL Gloss

BUY TICKET FOR GAME I WANT BUT NONE LEFT.

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Would you like a cup of tea?

ASL Gloss

CUP TEA YOU WANT?

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Do you want to put sugar in your coffee?

ASL Gloss

YOUR COFFEE SUGAR PUT-IN YOU WANT?

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Do you want to go to the new barbecue restaurant that recently opened?

ASL Gloss

RECENTLY NEW #BBQ RESTAURANT OPEN WANNA GO?

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I want a large ice tea with lots of sugar.

ASL Gloss

I WANT LARGE #ICE TEA.

Sign Variations for this Word

• Variation 1 - ASL
• Variation 2 - ASL
• Variation 3 - ASL
• Variation 4 - ASL
• Variation 5 - ASL
• Variation 6 - Fingerspelled

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