eager
/ˈiːɡə//ˈiɡɚ/
adjective
- 1
Sharp; sour; acid.
- 2
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
- 3
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
“I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.”
- 4
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- 5
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
“an eager algorithm”
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A tidal bore
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