adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fervent wish (= a strong wish )
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To die for Ireland was the fervent wish of every true patriot.
an ardent/fervent supporter (= very enthusiastic )
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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 )
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It is our fervent hope that change is coming.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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And then, miraculously it seemed, the most fervent of Frere's prayers was answered.
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And it did this because it demonstrated that they were among the most fervent believers in the primacy of economic life.
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This is some of the best and most fervent writing sport has seen.
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They remain among the most fervent participants in politics.
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My most fervent hope is that this work has been done with the accuracy and fairness intended.
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He became the most fervent sort of convert.
■ NOUN
supporter
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A fervent supporter of Home Rule, he had converted to the Roman Catholic faith.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Despite her troubled life she has always had a fervent belief in God.
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Most of the people here are fervent supporters of self-determination.
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There were fervent arguments both for and against gun control.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another son of Haddington was, it has been claimed, the fervent Protestant evangelist John Knox.
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Magnard was also a fervent feminist.
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Needless to say, it is still a fervent catch-cry in the Boston schools.
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The condescension on one side has been met by a fervent reaction on the other.
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The theological concepts contained in these phrases are weighty ones indeed and have been the subject of fervent discussion for centuries.
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They were no longer disrespectful of authority, and their worship was anything but emotionally fervent .