Sekirov Dictionary

eager

UK /ˈiːɡə/US /ˈiɡɚ/

adjective 5
verb 3
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective5

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filled with a strong wish to do or get something
- Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
- The hounds were eager in the chase.
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
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(old-fashioned) 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 — 1689
(no longer used) Sharp; sour; acid.
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(figurative, no longer used) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
- If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words. — 1591

verb3

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To be or become eager.
- Our spirits fret and chafe like sea waves on the rocks eagering to climb the shore. — 1913
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To make or encourage to be eager
- Physicians also admit to eagering patients to turn to specialised web sites in order to read further. — 2013
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To express eagerness.
- His hair crinkled towards her fondly. "Yes," he eagered. — 1924

forms

eagered · eagering · eagers · eagerer · more eager · eagerest · most eager

Phrases with eager

eager beaver
One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner

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