GREED

Meaning of GREED in English

greed /ɡriːd/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: greedy ]

a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need SYN avarice :

people motivated by jealousy and greed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

GREED — kahakog
English-Visayan vocabulary
GREED — noun Etymology: back-formation from ~y Date: 1609 a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GREED — ˈgrēd noun ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from greedy 1. : inordinate or all-consuming and usually reprehensible acquisitiveness especially for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREED — (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Английский словарь Webster
GREED — ( n. ) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GREED — — greedless , adj. — greedsome , adj. /greed/ , n. excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREED — n. voracity, desire, covetousness, avarice, selfishness, rapacity
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GREED — noun Etymology: back-formation from greedy Date: 1609 : a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREED — noun an eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Webster English vocab
GREED — ■ noun intense and selfish desire for wealth, power, or food. Origin C16: back-form. from ~y .
Concise Oxford English vocab
GREED — [greed] n [back-formation fr. greedy] (1609): excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness: avarice
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREED — greed BrE AmE ɡriːd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GREED — / griːd; NAmE / noun [ U ] greed (for sth) ( disapproving ) 1. a strong desire for more …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREED — n. an excessive desire, esp. for food or wealth. [back-form. f. GREEDY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GREED — n. an excessive desire, esp. for food or wealth. [ back-form. f. GREEDY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREED — n. an excessive desire, esp. for food or wealth. Etymology: back-form. f. GREEDY
Oxford English vocab
GREED — Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair. ...an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREED — Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair. ...an …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GREED — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE corporate ▪ We should look at corporate greed , investor stupidity and lack of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREED — greediness [noun] [U] - a very strong wish to continually get more of something, esp. food or moneyI don't know …
Cambridge English vocab
GREED — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure , sheer , simple ▪ human , personal ▪ corporate ▪ the evils of corporate ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GREED — n. 25B6; noun human greed : AVARICE, cupidity, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity; materialism, mercenariness, Mammonism; informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing. her mouth watered …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREED — n. 1 greediness, avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, acquisitiveness, cupidity, avidity, craving, yearning Greed accounts for most of man's dishonesty 2 meanness, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GREED — сущ. жадность, скупость (for) to demonstrate, display greed ≈ проявлять скупость insatiable greed ≈ ужасная скупость consumed with greed ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREED — greed.ogg gri:d n жадность; алчность greed for /of/ money wealth - жадность к деньгам богатству it is sheer greed that …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREED — n жадность; алчность greed for /of/ money wealth - жадность к деньгам богатству it is sheer greed that makes him …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GREED — сущ. жадность, скупость to demonstrate, display greed — проявлять скупость insatiable greed — ужасная скупость consumed with greed — сжираемый …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GREED — сущ. жадность, скупость to demonstrate, display greed — проявлять скупость insatiable greed — ужасная скупость consumed with greed — сжираемый жадностью Syn: avidity, avarice
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GREED — - greed for surplus-labor
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
GREED — сущ. жадность, скупость (for) to demonstrate, display greed ≈ проявлять скупость insatiable greed ≈ ужасная скупость consumed with greed ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREED — n. Pronunciation: ' gr ē d Function: noun Etymology: back-formation from greedy Date: 1609 : a selfish and excessive desire …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GREED — Synonyms and related words : acedia, acquisitiveness, anger, autism, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, avidity, avidness, careerism, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, craving, cupidity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREED — n. Function: noun Synonyms: CUPIDITY , avarice, avariciousness, avidity, rapacity Related Words: gluttonousness, gluttony, rapaciousness, ravenousness, voraciousness
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GREED — n. Eagerness, longing. See ~iness .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
GREED — noun Synonyms: cupidity , avarice, avariciousness, avidity, rapacity Related Word: gluttonousness, gluttony, rapaciousness, ravenousness, voraciousness
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREED — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
GREED — See ↑ GREEDY 1,2
Longman Activator English vocab
GREED — n. 1) to demonstrate, display ~ 2) insatiable ~ 3) ~ for 4) consumed with ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
GREED — edger
Anagrams English vocabulary
GREED — giferness, giferness
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
GREED — Алчность
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GREED — жадность
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GREED — (n) алчность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GREED — n жадность; алчность ~ for /of/ money [wealth] - жадность к деньгам [богатству] it is sheer ~ that makes him …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GREED — n. жадность, алчность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GREED — n. жадность, алчность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GREED — _n. жадность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GREED — n. жадность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GREED — _n. жадность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
GREED — Жадность
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
GREED — [n.] алчность, жадность
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
GREED — n алчность, жадность
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
GREED — жадность
English-Russian Online Dictionary
GREED — алчность, жадность
English-Russian vocab
GREED — жадность
Англо-Русский словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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