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How to pronounce eager in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore
Type of tidal current, tidal flow
Type Words
Derivation eagerness


eager to learn.
eager to travel abroad.
eager for success.
eager helpers.
an eager look.

Examples of eager

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I was eager to see it myself, and I think it's one of the year's 10 best movies.
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I am always eager for that first taste of dandelions, winter onions and rhubarb.
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He is understandably weak, but still eager to get back on the field in the fall.
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The White House is eager to tap into the youthful audience that drives Facebook.
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Still, don't be too eager to build your wardrobe during a single shopping spree.
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It benefited during the recession from penny-pinching consumers eager for deals.
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Like Russians, many are nationalists eager to acquire works by their countrymen.
From the forbes.com
Naturally, Cambodian garment manufacturers and government are eager for renewal.
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With a presidential vote looming in 2011, Kirchner is eager to shore up support.
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More examples
  • Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"
  • Tidal bore: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  • (eagerly) with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited"
  • (eagerness) a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
  • (eagerness) readiness: prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"
  • Eager was a band created by Patrick Andrew of the band PFR. Patrick began forming the new band with Greg Pope in 1995. Greg (also a songwriter) had been touring with PFR as a backup guitarist. ...
  • Eager is a children's science-fiction novel written by Helen Fox, and first published in 2003. Eager is the name of a self-aware robot in a futuristic society controlled by Lifecorp. Eager was shortlisted for the West Sussex Children's Book Award 2005 - 2006.
  • A tidal bore; sharp; sour; acid; sharp; keen; bitter; severe; this sense?) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase; brittle; inflexible; ...
  • (eagerness) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire; Tartness; sourness