eager

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eager

The young student is eager to answer the teacher's question.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Having or showing keen interest or intense desire: Describes a strong feeling of wanting to do or have something, often with enthusiasm and impatience.
    • Impatiently expectant: Describes a state of excited anticipation.

  2. Noun:

    • A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow: A technical term for a large, turbulent wave formed by colliding tidal currents, especially in a narrow estuary. (Note: This noun form is archaic and highly specialized; the adjective form is overwhelmingly more common.)
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The students were eager to start the experiment.
    • She gave an eager nod when asked if she wanted to join the team.
    • He is eager for news about his application.
    • The company is eager to expand into new markets.
Advanced Usage

  • "eager beaver" (idiom, noun): An extremely enthusiastic person who works very hard, sometimes excessively so.

    • She's a real eager beaver, always the first to arrive and the last to leave.

  • "eagerly" (adverb): In a keenly expectant or interested manner.

    • The audience waited eagerly for the performance to begin.
Variants and Related Words

  • Eagerness (noun): The quality of being eager; keen enthusiasm.

    • Her eagerness to help was appreciated by everyone.

  • Overeager (adjective): Excessively eager, to the point of being rash or imprudent.

    • His overeager approach sometimes led to mistakes.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Keen, enthusiastic, avid, ardent, impatient, yearning.
  • Noun (wave): Bore, tidal bore, eagre.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Apathetic, indifferent, reluctant, unenthusiastic.
Notes on Usage
  • The primary and modern use of "eager" is as an adjective.
  • The noun form referring to a tidal wave is considered archaic and is rarely used in everyday modern English. It is primarily found in historical or technical contexts related to hydrology or geography.
  • "Eager" is typically followed by the preposition "to" (eager to learn) or "for" (eager for results).
eager

The young student is eager to answer the teacher's question.

Adjective
  1. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
    • eager to learn
    • eager to travel abroad
    • eager for success
    • eager helpers
    • an eager look
Noun
  1. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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