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1. (adj.) eager
characterized by keen or enthusiastic desire or interest; impatiently longing:
eager to try it.
2. eager
characterized by or revealing earnestness or expectancy:
an eager look.
3. eager
Archaic. keen; sharp; biting.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME egre < AF, OF egre, aigre < VL *ācrus for L ācer sharp)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
2. (adj) eager
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
"eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"
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1. (adjective) eager
enthusiastic about doing sth
eager for a chance to prove himself; She's eager to return home.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) eager
sharp; sour; acid
2. (adj) eager
sharp; keen; bitter; severe
3. (adj) eager
excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase
4. (adj) eager
brittle; inflexible; not ductile
5. (noun) eager
same as Eagre
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Sense: full of desire, interest etc; keen; enthusiastic
He is always eager to win.
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 Afrikaans: gretig |
 Arabic: مُتَلَهِّف على، توّاق |
 Bulgarian: жаден |
 Brazilian: ansioso |
 Czech: chtivý |
 German: eifrig |
 Danish: ivrig; opsat; vild |
 Greek: πρόθυμος, ανυπόμονος, που |
 Spanish: ávido, ansioso, deseoso |
 Estonian: -himuline, innukas |
 Farsi: مشتاق؛ راغب |
 Finnish: innokas |
 French: désireux de |
 Hebrew: מִשתוֹקֵק |
 Hindi: उत्सुक |
 Croatian: željan |
 Hungarian: buzgó |
 Indonesian: penuh hasrat |
 Icelandic: ákafur |
 Italian: desideroso |
 Japanese: ～したがる |
 Korean: 갈망하는 |
 Lithuanian: trokštantis, siekiantis |
 Latvian: kārs; dedzīgs |
 Malay: bersungguh |
 Dutch: begerig |
 Norwegian: ivrig |
 Polish: gorliwy, ochoczy |
 Persian: مشتاق؛ راغب |
 Pashto: لېوال، شو قمن |
 Portuguese: ansioso |
 Romanian: dornic |
 Russian: жаждущий |
 Slovak: chtivý |
 Slovenian: željan |
 Serbian: željan |
 Swedish: ivrig, angelägen |
 Thai: กระหาย; อยากได้; ร้อนรน; |
 Turkish: istekli, hevesli |
 Taiwanese: 渴望的，熱切的 |
 Ukrainian: палкий; нетерплячий |
 Urdu: نہایت آرزو مند |
 Vietnamese: háo hức; thiết tha |
 Chinese: 渴望的 |
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