passion
To give a passionate character toTo give a passionate character to.
» Music is my passion.
Музыка - моя страсть. — marafon
Музика — моя пристрасть. — deniko
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2 senses(transitive)To give a passionate character to.
(obsolete)To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Examples
333 sentencesMusic is my passion.
Музика — моя пристрасть. — deniko
ruМузыка - моя страсть. — marafon
Reading is my passion.
Читання - моя пристрасть. — deniko
ruЧтение - это моя страсть. — soweli_Elepanto
deLesen ist meine Leidenschaft. — driini
She has a passion for cake.
ruОна обожает пирожные. — averoes
deSie hat eine Leidenschaft für Kuchen. — Wolf
Tom needs to show a little more passion.
Tom has a passion for music.
Origin
From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old EngliFrom Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).
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Forms
passions, passioning, passioned, passionedSynonyms
13 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.