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Eager

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Noun

1. aegir, bore, eager, eagre, tidal bore

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

Adjective

2. eager

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

Example Sentences:
'eager to learn'
'eager to travel abroad'
'eager for success'
'eager helpers'
'an eager look'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eager

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adjective
1. (postpositive; often foll by to or for)
impatiently desirous (of); anxious or avid (for)
he was eager to see her departure
2. 
characterized by or feeling expectancy or great desire
an eager look
3. archaic
tart or biting; sharp
noun
a variant spelling of eagre

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Eager

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adjective
1. 
feeling or showing keen desire; impatient or anxious to do or get; ardent
2.  Archaic
sharp; keen
noun
British
eagre

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eager

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adj. ea·ger·er, ea·ger·est
1. Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy. See Usage Note at anxious.
2. Obsolete Tart; sharp; cutting.
n.
Variant of eagre.
n.
Chiefly British
See tidal bore.

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