Meaning

5 senses
  1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

    Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.

    The hounds were eager in the chase.

  2. Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

    an eager algorithm

    begierig, gierig, eifrig

    жа́ждущийžážduščij, стра́стно/си́льно жела́ющийstrástno/sílʹno želájuščij, рву́щийсяrvúščijsja

    нетерпля́чийneterpljáčyj, нетерпели́вийneterpelývyj

  3. (dated)Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

  4. (obsolete)Sharp; sour; acid.

  5. (figuratively, obsolete)Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

More definitions
  • having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

Examples

375 sentences
  1. He is eager to go there.

    Він палко бажає піти туди.

    ruЕму не терпится туда поехать.

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  2. Tom was eager to do that.

    Том палко хотів це зробити.

    ruТому не терпелось это сделать.

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  3. He is very eager to go there.

    Він дуже прагне туди.

    ruЕму очень не терпится туда пойти.

    deEr ist sehr begierig darauf, dorthin zu gehen.

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  4. Tom said he was eager to do that.

    Том сказав, що він палко бажає це зробити.

    ruТом сказал, что ему не терпится это сделать.

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  5. Tom was eager to get started.

    Тому не терпілося почати.

    ruТому не терпелось начать.

    deTom war begierig darauf loszulegen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
wanting something very much:
Русский
By meaning 1
wanting something very much:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wanting something very much:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre

Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

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Forms

more eager/eagerer, most eager/eagerest
Comparativemore eager / eagerer Lesson
Superlativemost eager / eagerest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is eager to
  • eager to do
  • eager to go
  • eager to help
  • very eager to
  • seemed eager to
  • was very eager
  • eager to see
  • eager to leave
  • seemed eager
  • eager to get
  • to be eager

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eager — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto