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eager

[ee-ger]

adjective

  1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing.

    I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.

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  2. characterized by or revealing great earnestness.

    an eager look.

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  3. Obsolete.keen; sharp; biting.



eager

1

/ ˈːɡə /

adjective

  1. (postpositive; often foll by to or for) impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for)

    he was eager to see her departure

  2. characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire

    an eager look

  3. archaictart or biting; sharp

“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

eager

2

/ ˈɪɡə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of eagre

“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

  • eagerly adverb
  • eagerness noun
  • ˈ𲹲 adverb
  • ˈ𲹲Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eager1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English egre, from Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre, from Vulgar Latin (unattested) 峦ܲ for Latin “s󲹰”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eager1

C13: from Old French egre, from Latin acer sharp, keen
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Synonym Study

See avid.
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Example Sentences

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She was attending her first protest, driven to be seen with thousands of others at a “No Kings” demonstration Saturday morning in El Segundo, eager to make a statement.

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"My father was so eager to build it."

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“Going into a World Cup without a test event is hard. Everyone is eager to come back after the Club World Cup and say ‘OK, this is what we learned.

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Hired in 1961 to write “women’s features” for NBC’s “Today Show,” she was eager to expand beyond the “soft, fluffy” stories and to be taken seriously as a journalist.

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But the fans seemed eager to make a statement Sunday.

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