- [uncountable, countable] a very strong feeling of love, hate, anger, enthusiasm, etc.
- I admire the passion and commitment shown by the players.
- with passion She argued her case with considerable passion.
- a crime of passion (= caused by strong feelings of sexual jealousy)
- Passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting.
- He's a man of violent passions.
Extra Examples- That passion drove me to get to the top.
- The team has been playing with renewed passion this season.
- There were moments of high passion in the game.
- This issue always arouses passion.
- a speech full of passion
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- great
- all-consuming
- …
- surge
- wave
- arouse
- awaken
- ignite
- …
- cool
- wane
- drive somebody
- …
- with passion
- passion between
- passion for
- …
- a crime of passion
- full of passion
- a night of passion
- …
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- [countable] a very strong feeling of liking something; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much
- Music is his true passion.
- passion for something She left her job to pursue her lifelong passion for painting.
- passion for doing something He was a quiet man with a passion for writing poetry.
- They shared a passion for Italian food.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsb1- Music is a passion with him.
- The English have a passion for gardens.
- Elliot and Nina discovered a shared passion for poetry.
- He developed a real passion for acting.
- She had very little time to indulge her passion for painting.
- his lifelong passion for aeroplanes
- his renewed passion for the game
- [uncountable] passion (for somebody) a very strong feeling of sexual love
- His passion for her made him blind to everything else.
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb1, Feelingsb1- No one had ever aroused his passion as much as Sandra.
- She didn't believe in grand passion or love at first sight.
- She was his first great passion.
- The passion between them had cooled.
- They kissed with passion.
- They spent a night of passion in a hotel.
- the young girl who was the object of his passion
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- great
- all-consuming
- …
- surge
- wave
- arouse
- awaken
- ignite
- …
- cool
- wane
- drive somebody
- …
- with passion
- passion between
- passion for
- …
- a crime of passion
- full of passion
- a night of passion
- …
- [singular] (formal) a state of being very angry synonym rage
- She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.
- the Passion[singular] (in Christianity) the suffering and death of Jesus Christ
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’.
Idioms
See passion in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee passion in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwith a passion
- if you love, hate, etc. somebody/something with a passion, you love, hate, etc. them/it very much
- To do this job you have to love architecture with a passion.
- She hated him with a passion.
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