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English adjective: eager

1. eager having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy


SamplesEager to learn.
Eager to travel abroad.
Eager for success.
Eager helpers.
An eager look.


Similaranxious, dying, hot, impatient, overeager, raring


See alsoenthusiastic


Antonymsuneager


English noun: eager

1. eager (event) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)


Synonymsaegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore


Broader (hypernym)tidal current, tidal flow









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