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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eager/ˈiːɡə(r)/
▶adjective strongly wanting to do or have something.
■ keenly expectant or interested.
– phrases
eager beaver informal an enthusiastic person who works very hard.
eager beaver informal an enthusiastic person who works very hard.
– derivatives
eagerly adverb,
eagerness noun.
eagerly adverb,
eagerness noun.
– origin ME (also in the sense ‘pungent, sour’): from OFr. aigre ‘keen’, from L. acer, acr- ‘sharp, pungent’.
'eager' also found in these Oxford entries:
agog
- anxious
- bloodthirsty
- combative
- communicative
- curious
- demotivate
- die
- excite
- fall
- game
- glutton
- gung-ho
- hotfoot
- impatient
- incurious
- intent
- keen
- overeager
- pugnacious
- raring
- rathe
- revengeful
- seize
- slake
- solicitous
- spoil
- terrier
- tongue
- truculent
- unadventurous
- unwilling
- voracious
- willing
- yearn
- Young Turk
Forum discussions with the word(s) "eager" in the title:
"I (am) eager (for /to) the opportunity"
"The victims are those who are eager to emigrate to X country"
"to look forward to" vs. "to be eager to"
eager beaver
Eager Beaver
Eager for somebody to do something
eager woman
easy/eager to look after.
I was struck by how eager
John, more eager than ever, decided to go.
Louis is eager to start school this year.
MacDonald didn’t know any Japanese, but he was eager to learn.
The married are eager to get out
the people who were so eager to cash in on Diana's death
want very much/be anxious/eager
Willing vs. eager
"The victims are those who are eager to emigrate to X country"
"to look forward to" vs. "to be eager to"
eager beaver
Eager Beaver
Eager for somebody to do something
eager woman
easy/eager to look after.
I was struck by how eager
John, more eager than ever, decided to go.
Louis is eager to start school this year.
MacDonald didn’t know any Japanese, but he was eager to learn.
The married are eager to get out
the people who were so eager to cash in on Diana's death
want very much/be anxious/eager
Willing vs. eager
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