"passionate" meaning in English

See passionate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpæʃənɪt/ Audio: en-us-passionate.ogg [US] Forms: passionate [positive], more passionate [comparative], most passionate [superlative]
Etymology: passion + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|passion|ate}} passion + -ate Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a person is passionate, they have a strong feeling when doing something.
    Sense id: simple-passionate-en-adj-kkzkz2ia
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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