"eagerness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈiɡɚnəs/ [General-American], /ˈiːɡənəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-eagerness.ogg [US] Forms: eagernesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English egernesse, egrenesse; equivalent to eager + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|egernesse}} Middle English egernesse, {{m|enm|egrenesse}} egrenesse, {{suffix|en|eager|ness}} eager + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} eagerness (usually uncountable, plural eagernesses)
  1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (The state or quality of being eager): προθυμία (prothumía) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), желание (želanie) (Bulgarian), готовност (gotovnost) (Bulgarian), нетърпение (netǎrpenie) (Bulgarian), ànsia [feminine] (Catalan), afany [masculine] (Catalan), arela [feminine] (Galician), afán [masculine] (Galician), Eifer [masculine] (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan) [neuter] (Gothic), studium [neuter] (Latin), pōnānātanga (Maori), ânimo [masculine] (Portuguese), avidez [feminine] (Spanish), ansia [masculine] (Spanish), iver [common-gender] (Swedish), ئىشتىياق (ishtiyaq) (Uyghur), ledesir (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-eagerness-en-noun-J-T-4DRJ Disambiguation of Emotions: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'The state or quality of being eager': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) Tartness, sourness. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-eagerness-en-noun-wqDNKTT4 Disambiguation of Emotions: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eagreness [obsolete]

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