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DESIRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wanted intensely
Example:
it produced the desired effect
Synonyms:
craved; desired
Classified under:
Similar:
wanted (desired or wished for or sought)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb desire
Context examples:
I was unwilling to quit the sight of those that remained to me, and above all, I desired to see my sweet Elizabeth in some degree consoled.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A friend of mine desired me to offer—a story—just as an experiment—would like your opinion—be glad to write more if this suits.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He desired to be valued for himself, or for his work, which, after all, was an expression of himself.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Issue associated with the user's ability to cause device settings or actions to change to the state desired by the user.
(Difficult to Program Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.
(Motivation, NCI Thesaurus)
GPI-0100 containing vaccines have been used with both viral and tumor antigens to elicit a Type 1 helper T cell response for those diseases in which a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response is desired.
(GPI-0100, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the amount of input required by the device to detect a signal being higher than expected/desired.
(High Threshold Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
I desired, as I have explained, to keep my visit to you a secret, lest my husband should think that I was intruding into his affairs.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Miss Bingley immediately fixed her eyes on his face, and desired he would tell her what lady had the credit of inspiring such reflections.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He then desired me to draw my scimitar, which, although it had got some rust by the sea water, was, in most parts, exceeding bright.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
