EAGER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of eager in English
the children's eager faces
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Examples of eager
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But the subscription-retail trend might have been overhyped by eager investors.
As a passenger, though, he's still eager to take to the skies.
He said many residents are eager to see what happened to their homes.
He came to me through someone in the business world who was indeed eager to do business with him, but never did.
Target people who are naturally eager to learn about your offering.
Because, after all, there are no big placebo manufacturers out there eager to fund this kind of research.
Lucky for us there are young leaders eager to change the world and go against the status quo.
Meanwhile, plenty of younger people will be eager to write those same old stories for the first time.
It's a problem most liberals are eager to address.
What is this world coming to when those we are supposed to trust are those eager to rob us blind.
It is shrinking, poor and very eager for investment, which means it might be willing to settle for less than it should.
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Translations of eager
in Chinese (Traditional)
熱切的，渴望的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
热切的，渴望的…
in Spanish
deseoso, deseoso/osa [masculine-feminine], ansioso/osa [masculine-feminine]…
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impaciente, ansioso, ansioso/-sa [masculine-feminine]…
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désireux/-euse, impatient/-ente, enthousiaste…
ஏதாவது செய்ய அல்லது வைத்திருக்க மிகவும் விரும்புவது, குறிப்பாக சுவாரஸ்யமான அல்லது சுவாரஸ்யமான ஒன்று…
страстно стремящийся, нетерпеливый…
আগ্রহী, খুব বেশি কিছু করতে বা থাকতে চাই, বিশেষ করে আকর্ষণীয় বা উপভোগ্য কিছু…
chętny, niecierpliwy, gorliwy…
desideroso, impaziente, ansioso…
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