eager
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eager¹
- /ˈiɡɚ/ US
- /ˈiːɡə/ UK
- /ˈɪɡɚ/ US, dialectal
- /ˈɪɡə/ US, dialectal
Rhymes with -iːɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
adjective more eager · eagerer · most eager · eagerest · aigre · eagre
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Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
Similar: bursting
- Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required. an eager algorithm
- Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
- Sharp; sour; acid. like eager droppings into milk
- Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words.
Similar: keen, solicitous, raring, alacritous, athirst, fain, hot · Opposite: averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
verb eagers · eagering · eagered · aigre · eagre
- To be or become eager. Now everybody considered it a high privilege (valued it at a high consideration) to see him and to hear him speak, and to obey his command (him commanding), whereas he, though being such a person, eagered to be unknown, and to escape notice in solitude.
- To express eagerness. His hair crinkled towards her fondly. "Yes," he eagered.
- To make or encourage to be eager Physicians also admit to eagering patients to turn to specialised web sites in order to read further.
eager²
- /ˈiɡɚ/ US
- /ˈiːɡə/ UK
- /ˈɪɡɚ/ US, dialectal
- /ˈɪɡə/ US, dialectal
Rhymes with -iːɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See eagre.
noun eagers
- Alternative form of eagre (“tidal bor”).
Eager³
proper noun Eagers
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: avid, raring, zealous, enthusiastic, eagre, overeager, great, impatient, anxious, bore, dying, hot, aegir, tidal bore, agog, keen
adjective
Similar: keen, solicitous, raring, alacritous, athirst, fain, hot · Opposite: averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
Translations
Every language
adj wanting something very much
| Español | ilusionado, anhelante, anheloso, afanoso, turnio, pilas |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 急於 /急于 jíyú |
| हिन्दी | तत्पर tatpar, आतुर ātur, उत्सुक utsuk |
| Português | ávido |
| Français | désireux, enthousiaste, impatient |
| Deutsch | begierig, gierig, eifrig |
| Italiano | avido |
| Română | doritor, amator, avid, dornic, nerăbdător |
| Русский | жа́ждущий žážduščij, стра́стно/си́льно жела́ющий strástno/sílʹno želájuščij, рву́щийся rvúščijsja, нетерпели́вый neterpelívyj |
| Tiếng Việt | ham, hăm hở |
| العربية | مُشْتَاق muštāq |
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