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fond
What does fond mean?
fond (adjective): (followed by ‘of' or ‘to') having a strong preference or liking for.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fond in a sentence?
- Are you fond of fishing? (Tatoeba sentence #10843198 by MFS, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fond?
/fɑnd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fond come from?
From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to fond
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “fond” mean?
very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent
Not quite: that's what vast means.
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
Not quite: that's what moderate means.
(followed by ‘of' or ‘to') having a strong preference or liking for
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marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
Not quite: that's what critical means.
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