1 [U] ~ (for sth / for doing sth) a strong feeling of excitement and interest in sth and a desire to become involved in it:
I can't say I share your enthusiasm for the idea. * She never lost her enthusiasm for teaching. * He had a real enthusiasm for the work. * The news was greeted with a lack of enthusiasm by those at the meeting. * 'I don't mind,' she said, without much enthusiasm. * full of enthusiasm
2 [C] (formal) something that you are very interested in and spend a lot of time doing:
Reading is one of her many enthusiasms.
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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.
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This entry for enthusiasm is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is enthusiasm a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, enthusiasm is tagged as noun.
Does enthusiasm appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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