Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
want — I noun absence, conatus, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, desideratum, desire, destitution, distress, exigency, impoverishment, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, necessitude, necessity, need, needfulness, neediness, paucity, pauperism … Law dictionary
Knowledge worker — Knowledge workers in today s workforce are individuals who are valued for their ability to act and communicate with knowledge within a specific subject area. They will often advance the overall understanding of that subject through focused… … Wikipedia
Want — Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Want — (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. [root]139. See {Wane}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
knowledge-based — UK US adjective (also knowledge driven) ► used to describe a company, job, etc. that is based on the use of ideas and information: »The country has the foundations of a knowledge based economy, because of its high investment in education. »They… … Financial and business terms
WANT, John Henry (1846-1905) — advocate and politician son of Randolph John Want, a solicitor, was born at the Glebe, Sydney, on 4 May 1846. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Caen, Normandy, where he learned to speak French fluently. Entering his father s office he… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
Knowledge organization — NOTE: This page must be disambiguated. In some places, knowledge organization refers to an actual organization, that is a management company or institution. At other times, it refers to the act of organizing knowledge. The later concept,… … Wikipedia
Knowledge of Christ — Stained glass window of Christ, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia. The knowledge of … Wikipedia
knowledge — knowl|edge W1S2 [ˈnɔlıdʒ US ˈna: ] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: knowledge to acknowledge (13 18 centuries), from know] 1.) the information, skills, and understanding that you have gained through learning or experience ▪ You need specialist… … Dictionary of contemporary English
want — I UK [wɒnt] / US [wɑnt] verb [transitive] Word forms want : present tense I/you/we/they want he/she/it wants present participle wanting past tense wanted past participle wanted *** Metaphor: Wanting something is like being hungry or thirsty, and… … English dictionary
