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BNC: 45111 COCA: 17487

wannabe

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wannabe noun
also wannabee /ˈwɑːnəˌbiː/
plural wannabes also wannabees
wannabe
noun
also wannabee /ˈwɑːnəˌbiː/
plural wannabes also wannabees
Learner's definition of WANNABE
[count] informal
: a person who tries to look or act like someone else (such as a famous person) : a person who wants to be a particular person or type of person(名人的)崇拜模仿者;模仿偶像者
BNC: 45111 COCA: 17487

wannabe

noun

wan·​na·​be ˈwä-nə-ˌbē How to pronounce wannabe (audio)
variants or less commonly wannabee
1
: a person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act like someone else
2
: something (such as a company, city, or product) intended to rival another of its kind that has been successful
especially : one for which hopes have failed or are likely to fail

Example Sentences

an entrepreneur who seems to have made his fortune mainly by giving how-to-get-rich lectures to entrepreneurial wannabes
Recent Examples on the Web Now considered the top young wannabe in the Bruins talent pipeline, along with Ohio State backliner Mason Lohrei (6-4/205), Lysell has a skill set, most of all his speed and shooting ability, that projects him as a potential top-six winger. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Numerous family troubles soon become evident, from Lydia’s bitter rivalry with her sister (Tia Carrere) to his cousin Eugene (Eugene Cordero) being in hock to the tune of $40,000 to a local gangster wannabe (Asif Ali). Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022 Liotta played a local police detective who at first finds Rogen’s character an annoying wannabe, but slowly and begrudgingly grows to have sympathy and even a little respect for him. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 Willa’s account of what happens when the leader goes missing is intercut with scenes from her earlier life, involving her influencer-wannabe cousins, dumpster diving, and her infatuation with a Harvard professor. The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 The law firm, says Josh Gerben, founder of Gerben Intellectual Property, is likely to be fronting for someone else, perhaps a squatter who hopes to trademark the name, Uncle Vanya, and then sell it to a McDonald’s wannabe in Russia. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2021 Jones turns both sides of Two-Face into a limp wannabe Joker. Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022 Haven’t resurrected this Hendrix wannabe in many a day. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase want to be

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wannabe was in 1976
BNC: 45111 COCA: 17487

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