1 [usuallybeforenoun] very enthusiastic about sth (often a hobby):
an avid reader / collector * She has taken an avid interest in the project (= she is extremely interested in it).
2 ~ for sth wanting to get sth very much:
He was avid for more information.
avidity noun [U] (rare)
avidly adverb:
She reads avidly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for avid is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is avid a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, avid is tagged as adjective.
Does avid appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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