Desire can refer to

• preference, on which microeconomic theory is based;
• a thought that leads to an action;
• the concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, related to the Oedipus complex;
• tanha in Buddhist psychology, as described in the Four Noble Truths;
• a Bob Dylan album of that name;
• a feeling due to interpersonal attraction; or
• the name of one of the characters in The Sandman