"greedy" meaning in Anglais

See greedy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈɡɹi.di\, \ˈɡɹiː.di\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-greedy.wav Forms: greedier [comparative], greediest [superlative]
  1. Cupide, avide, vorace, pingre.
    Sense id: fr-greedy-en-adj-QKPu2SiF Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Avide.
    Sense id: fr-greedy-en-adj-gUZ3CijA Categories (other): Lexique en anglais des expressions rationnelles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: miserly, stingy
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      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "bounteous"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "generous"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 2,
      "word": "lazy"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "orig": "anglais",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieil anglais grædig (« vorace, affamé »), lui-même issu du proto-germanique."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "greedier",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɡɹi.di.ɚ\\",
        "\\ˈɡɹiː.di.ə\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greediest",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɡɹi.di.ɪst\\",
        "\\ˈɡɹiː.di.ɪst\\"
      ],
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Stingy s’emploie spécialement dans les cas plus petits, quand on dépense peu. Miserly s’emploie spécialement dans la manière de vivre une vie. Greedy veut dire qu’on veut gagner plus, mais peut signifier avaricieux aussi, et c’est souvent les deux à la fois."
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    {
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    {
      "word": "stingy"
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          "text": "He is a very greedy man; he never gives anything to charity."
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        "Cupide, avide, vorace, pingre."
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        {
          "ref": "Félix López, Víctor Romero, Mastering Python Regular Expressions, Packt Publishing, 2014, p. 19",
          "text": "A greedy quantifier will try to match as much as possible to have the biggest match result possible."
        }
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        "Avide."
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    "Du vieil anglais grædig (« vorace, affamé »), lui-même issu du proto-germanique."
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        "\\ˈɡɹiː.di.ə\\"
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    "Stingy s’emploie spécialement dans les cas plus petits, quand on dépense peu. Miserly s’emploie spécialement dans la manière de vivre une vie. Greedy veut dire qu’on veut gagner plus, mais peut signifier avaricieux aussi, et c’est souvent les deux à la fois."
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        },
        {
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        }
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        "Cupide, avide, vorace, pingre."
      ]
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      ],
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        "Avide."
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