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yearning — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, desperate, great, passionate ▪ nostalgic, romantic, wistful ▪ spiritual … Collocations dictionary
yearning — UK [ˈjɜː(r)nɪŋ] / US [ˈjɜrnɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms yearning : singular yearning plural yearnings mainly literary a strong feeling that you get when you want something very much, especially something that you know you may not… … English dictionary
yearning — yearn ► VERB ▪ have an intense feeling of loss and longing for something. DERIVATIVES yearner noun yearning noun. ORIGIN Old English, from a Germanic base meaning eager … English terms dictionary
have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
yearning — yearn|ing [ jɜrnıŋ ] noun count or uncount MAINLY LITERARY a strong feeling you get when you want something very much, especially something that you know you may not be able to have ╾ yearn|ing|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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desire — de·sire vt de·sired, de·sir·ing: to wish for earnestly see also precatory ◇ Courts have variously interpreted desire in wills to indicate either a direction of the testator that must be followed or merely an expression of what the testator hoped… … Law dictionary
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