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avid

[av-id]

adjective

  1. showing great enthusiasm for or interest in.

    an avid moviegoer.

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  2. extremely desirous; eager; greedy (often followed by for or sometimesof ).

    avid for pleasure; avid of power.

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avid

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. very keen; enthusiastic

    an avid reader

  2. (postpositive; often foll by for or of) eager (for); desirous (of); greedy (for)

    avid for revenge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • avidly adverb
  • avidness noun
  • unavid adjective
  • unavidness noun
  • ˈ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of avid1

First recorded in 1760–70; from French avide, from Latin avidus, equivalent to (ŧ) “to crave” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of avid1

C18: from Latin avidus, from ŧ to long for
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Synonym Study

Avid, eager, keen all share the sense of strongly desirous. Avid suggests a desire akin to greed, so strong as to be insatiable: driven by an avid need for fame and recognition. Eager implies a desire that is strong and impatient but less than overpowering: eager to try his hand at new tasks. Keen carries a sense of zest and active, alert desire: an amateur painter, ever keen to try new techniques.
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But she was also a visual artist, a designer, a sculptor and an avid collector.

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Friends remembered Riveros as a snowboarder and avid Dodgers fan who at times traveled to other cities to watch the teams play road games.

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López Obrador, an avid amateur historian, said he has been working on his latest book, a study of Mexico before the 16th century arrival of Spanish conquistadores.

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A young Baldwin Park police officer who loved the Dodgers and was an avid snowboarder was killed in a shooting late Saturday that also left a civilian dead and another officer injured.

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When avid football fan Sky first transitioned, she had given up on the idea of sport, but that changed when she was encouraged to join Goal Diggers FC, an inclusive club based in London.

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