AVID


Meaning of AVID in English

1.

You use ~ to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.

He misses not having enough books because he’s an ~ reader.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

~ly

Thank you for a most entertaining magazine, which I read ~ly each month.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

If you say that someone is ~ for something, you mean that they are very eager to get it.

He was intensely eager, indeed ~, for wealth.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n

~ly

Western suppliers too are competing ~ly for business abroad.

ADV: ADV with v

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