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avid
What does avid mean?
avid (adjective): enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use avid in a sentence?
- Are you an avid reader? (Tatoeba sentence #11931274 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce avid?
/ˈævəd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does avid come from?
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “avid” mean?
enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
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having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances
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good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill
Not quite: that's what proficient means.
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
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