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  • 11eager — adjective 1) small eager faces Syn: keen, enthusiastic, avid, fervent, ardent, motivated, wholehearted, dedicated, committed, earnest; informal gung ho Ant: apathetic 2) we were eager for news …

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  • 12eager — eager1 eagerly, adv. eagerness, n. /ee geuhr/, adj. 1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing. 2. characterized by or revealing great earnestness: an eager look. 3. Obs. keen; …

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  • 13eager — adj. 1 a full of keen desire, enthusiastic. b (of passions etc.) keen, impatient. 2 keen, impatient, strongly desirous (eager to learn; eager for news). Phrases and idioms: eager beaver colloq. a very or excessively diligent person. Derivatives:… …

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  • 14eager — adjective 1) small eager faces Syn: keen, enthusiastic, avid, ardent, highly motivated, committed, earnest 2) we were eager for news Syn: anxious, impatient, longing, yearning …

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  • 15eager — [ˈiːgə] adj 1) very keen to do something, or excited about something that is going to happen The girls were eager for new experiences.[/ex] He s so eager to learn that he stays late every evening.[/ex] eagerly adv 2) the most eagerly awaited film …

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  • 16eager — /ˈigə / (say eeguh) adjective 1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for it; eager to do it. 2. characterised by great earnestness. {Middle English egre, from Old French aigre, from Latin ācer sharp} –eagerly,… …

  • 17eager beaver — /igə ˈbivə/ (say eeguh beevuh) noun Colloquial 1. a diligent and zealous person. 2. someone over eager for work …

  • 18eager — eager, avid, keen, anxious, agog, athirst mean actuated by a strong and urgent desire or interest. Eager implies ardor and, often, enthusiasm; it frequently also connotes impatience {it is not a life for fiery and dominant natures, eager to… …

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  • 19Eager evaluation — or strict evaluation is the evaluation strategy in most traditional programming languages. In eager evaluation an expression is evaluated as soon as it gets bound to a variable. This is generally more efficient as a low level strategy in simple… …

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  • 20Eager Beaver Baseball Association — Eager Beaver Baseball Association, Inc. (EBBA) is a baseball league for youths in London, Ontario, Canada, that was first organized in 1955 by former Major League Baseball player Frank Colman, London sportsman Gordon Berryhill and Al Marshall.In… …

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