{
    "term": "eager",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very interested and excited by something that is going to happen or about something that you want to do; showing this",
            "sensetop": "eager for somethingeager to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "eager crowds outside the stadium"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small eager faces looked up and listened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is eager for *(= wants very much to get)* her parents' approval.",
                    "contextForm": "eager for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.",
                    "contextForm": "eager to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're **eager to please** *(= wanting to be helpful)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were only too eager to help us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Muir's friends were especially eager for him to write the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were eager for news."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "only too", "really"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːɡə(r)/",
                "audio": "ea/eager/eager__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːɡər/",
                "audio": "ea/eager/eager__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the sense ‘pungent, sour’): from Old French aigre ‘keen’, from Latin acer, acr- ‘sharp, pungent’."
}