eager (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
examples eager to learn
eager to travel abroad
eager for success
eager helpers
an eager look
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Also see enthusiastic
Derivationally related form eager → eagerness
Antonym eager → uneager
Similar to anxious(p), dying(p); hot; impatient(p), raring(p); overeager
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Similar to anxious(p), dying(p); hot; impatient(p), raring(p); overeager
Antonym uneager → eager
Derived from adjective eagerly → eager
Derivationally related form eagerness → eager

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