Desire | Mean of desire in English Dictionary

/dɪˈzajɚ/

• Verb
• to want or wish for (something)
1. Many people desire wealth.
2. He desired her approval more than anything.
3. The apartment has modern amenities, a great location—everything you could desire.
4. Those desiring [=looking for] a more relaxed atmosphere will prefer the pub in the restaurant's lower level.
5. I have always desired [=wanted] to go to France.
• to want to have sex with (someone)
1. She knew that men still desired her.
• to express a wish for (something)
1. The committee desires [=requests] an immediate answer.
• Noun

• the feeling of wanting something
1. Desire is a common theme in music and literature.
2. an object of desire [=something that people want to have]
• a strong wish
1. It is our desire that all of you be treated fairly. [=we want all of you to be treated fairly]
2. The magazine tries to attend to the needs and desires of its readers.
3. Both sides feel a real desire for peace.
4. His decisions are guided by his desire for land/money/power/change.
5. They expressed a desire to go with us.
6. They have a desire to have children.
7. a strong/burning/aching desire to travel around the world
• a feeling of wanting to have sex with someone
1. He had/felt a strong (sexual) desire for her.
2. He was overcome with desire for her.
• someone or something that you want or wish for
1. He worried that he might never achieve his desire. [=might never do the thing that he wanted to do]
2. A good education had always been her heart's desire. [=something she wanted very much]
3. “You are my heart's desire,” he told her.