FERVENT


Meaning of FERVENT in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a fervent wish (= a strong wish )

To die for Ireland was the fervent wish of every true patriot.

an ardent/fervent supporter (= very enthusiastic )

She is an ardent supporter of the government's proposed tax reforms.

it is our fervent hope that formal (= used when saying that you hope very much that something will or will not happen )

It is our fervent hope that change is coming.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

most

And then, miraculously it seemed, the most fervent of Frere's prayers was answered.

And it did this because it demonstrated that they were among the most fervent believers in the primacy of economic life.

This is some of the best and most fervent writing sport has seen.

They remain among the most fervent participants in politics.

My most fervent hope is that this work has been done with the accuracy and fairness intended.

He became the most fervent sort of convert.

■ NOUN

supporter

A fervent supporter of Home Rule, he had converted to the Roman Catholic faith.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Despite her troubled life she has always had a fervent belief in God.

Most of the people here are fervent supporters of self-determination.

There were fervent arguments both for and against gun control.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another son of Haddington was, it has been claimed, the fervent Protestant evangelist John Knox.

Magnard was also a fervent feminist.

Needless to say, it is still a fervent catch-cry in the Boston schools.

The condescension on one side has been met by a fervent reaction on the other.

The theological concepts contained in these phrases are weighty ones indeed and have been the subject of fervent discussion for centuries.

They were no longer disrespectful of authority, and their worship was anything but emotionally fervent .

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