transcription, транскрипция: [ i:gə(r) ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much.
Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army...
When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby...
The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers.
= keen
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , ADJ to-inf , ADJ for n
• eager‧ness
...an eagerness to learn.
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2.
If you look or sound eager , you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen.
Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him...
Her voice was girlish and eager.
= excited
ADJ
• eager‧ly
‘So what do you think will happen?’ he asked eagerly.
ADV
• eager‧ness
...a woman speaking with breathless eagerness.
= excitement
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