What does appetite mean?
Definitions for appetite
ˈæp ɪˌtaɪtap·petite
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Princeton's WordNet
appetite, appetency, appetence(noun)
a feeling of craving something
"an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
Wiktionary
appetite(Noun)
Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
Etymology: appetit, from apetit ( appétit), from appetitus, from appetere; ad + petere. See petition, and compare with appetence.
appetite(Noun)
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
Etymology: appetit, from apetit ( appétit), from appetitus, from appetere; ad + petere. See petition, and compare with appetence.
appetite(Noun)
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.
Etymology: appetit, from apetit ( appétit), from appetitus, from appetere; ad + petere. See petition, and compare with appetence.
Webster Dictionary
Appetite(noun)
the desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind
Appetite(noun)
desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger
Appetite(noun)
any strong desire; an eagerness or longing
Appetite(noun)
tendency; appetency
Appetite(noun)
the thing desired
Freebase
Appetite
Appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in all higher life-forms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Appetite has a relationship with every individual's behavior. Appetitive and consummatory behaviours are the only processes that involve energy intake, whereas all other behaviours affect the release of energy. When stressed, appetite levels may increase and result in an increase of food intake. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, cachexia, overeating, and binge eating disorder.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Appetite
ap′pet-īt, n. physical craving, accompanied with uneasy sensation (hunger, thirst, sex): natural desire: inclination: desire for food: hunger (with for).—adjs. Ap′petible, Ap′petitive.—v.t. Ap′petise, to create or whet appetite.—ns. Appetise′ment; Appetis′er, something which whets the appetite.—p.adj. Appetis′ing.—adv. Appetis′ingly. [Through Fr., from L. appetitus, appetĕre.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Appetite
Natural recurring desire for food. Alterations may induced by APPETITE DEPRESSANTS or APPETITE STIMULANTS.
Editors Contribution
appetite
A natural desire to eat food.
Our appetite to eat food changes when we exercise regularly.
Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'appetite' in Nouns Frequency: #2913
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of appetite in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of appetite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of appetite in a Sentence
I tell my patients the three areas affecting their weight they have the greatest control over is what they eat, how they move, and how they handle stress, stress has a big influence on appetite, food intake, and how the body processes calories, and I think people underestimate that.
The appetite for the local players to hold all of the available sports content exclusively has reduced and the appetite to spend ever-increasing amounts of money on sports content has also reduced, because of that, rights fees have started to fall in the UK. That has created opportunities for players like us to come in and buy rights for what we consider to be a good price.
FX trading in banks is a tough business because spot trading is so commoditized and revenues are squeezed, moreover, banks have rolled back their proprietary trading desks due to the extra capital required and lower risk appetite.
We can't expect double-digit growth (in China) every year but we are looking at sustainable growth which is a reflection of people's consumption power and appetite for investment.
More [women] are getting the appetite to move on in their careers and have charge in their own destiny and start their own businesses.
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Translations for appetite
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- appetyt, aptytAfrikaans
- شهيةArabic
- iştahaAzerbaijani
- апеты́тBelarusian
- апети́тBulgarian
- ganaCatalan, Valencian
- chuťCzech
- appetitDanish
- Lust, Begierde, AppetitGerman
- όρεξηGreek
- apetito, ganas, deseoSpanish
- isu, söögiisu, apetiitEstonian
- گرسنگی, اشتها, کام, آرزومندیPersian
- halu, ruokahalu, hinkuFinnish
- appétitFrench
- goile, dúilIrish
- תֵּאָבוֹןHebrew
- भूखHindi
- étvágyHungarian
- ախորժակArmenian
- matarlystIcelandic
- appetitoItalian
- 食欲Japanese
- მადაGeorgian
- 식욕, 입맛Korean
- apetitasLithuanian
- apetīteLatvian
- wakea, minaminaMāori
- апетитMacedonian
- honger, appetijt, trek, eetlustDutch
- matlystNorwegian
- apetyt, żądzaPolish
- apetitePortuguese
- apetit, ardoare, râvnă, sârguință, poftăRomanian
- жа́жда, жела́ние, охо́та, аппети́тRussian
- тек, апетит, tek, apetitSerbo-Croatian
- chuťSlovak
- apetitSlovene
- oreksAlbanian
- aptitSwedish
- பசியின்மைTamil
- иштиҳоTajik
- işdääTurkmen
- arzu, iştah, istek, şehvetTurkish
- апети́тUkrainian
- ngon miệngVietnamese
- isisuZulu
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