Meaning

5 senses
  1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

    gierig, habgierig, habsüchtig

    жа́дныйžádnyj, а́лчныйálčnyj, ненасы́тныйnenasýtnyj

    жа́дібнийžádibnyj, жаді́бнийžadíbnyj, жа́днийžádnyj

  2. Prone to overeat.

    gefräßig

  3. Tending to match as much text as possible.

    This regular expression performs a greedy match.

  4. That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

  5. (archaic)Greedily sought or pursued.

More definitions
  • wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
  • (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
  • immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

Examples

161 sentences
  1. Perhaps I was a bit greedy.

    Може бути, я був трохи заскупим.

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  2. I know that Tom is greedy.

    Я знаю, що Том жадібний.

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  3. I don't think Tom is greedy.

    Не думаю, що Том жадібний.

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  4. I don't think that Tom is greedy.

    Не думаю, що Том жадібний.

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  5. Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.

    Не будь таким жадібним, бо лишишся ні з чим.

    ruНе будь таким жадным, а то останешься ни с чем.

    deSei nicht so gierig, oder du wirst am Ende leer ausgehen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having greed; consumed by selfish desires:
Русский
By meaning 1
having greed; consumed by selfish desires:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having greed; consumed by selfish desires:
prone to overeat:

Origin

From Middle English gredy, from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”) (cogn

From Middle English gredy, from Anglian Old English grēdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”) (cognate West Saxon form grǣdiġ), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-. Equivalent to greed + -y.

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Forms

greedier, greediest
Comparativegreedier Lesson
Superlativegreediest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
prone to overeat:gluttonous
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • a greedy man
  • is a greedy
  • be so greedy
  • is very greedy
  • greedy man

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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