"keen on" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more keen on [comparative], most keen on [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} keen on (comparative more keen on, superlative most keen on)
  1. (UK, parts of North America) fond of; appreciative of Tags: UK Translations (fond of; appreciative of): падам си (padam si) (Bulgarian), 热衷于 (Chinese Mandarin), kiintynyt (Finnish), interesować się, lubić (Polish), интересующийся (interesujuščijsja) (Russian), любящий (ljubjaščij) (Russian), beò-ghlacte le (Scottish Gaelic)

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