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earnest
Noun
  • Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
  • Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to jesting or feigned appearance); fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
Verb
  • To be serious with; use in earnest. transitive
Adjective
  • Serious in speech or action; eager; urgent; importunate; pressing; instant.
  • Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavour; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; — used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
  • Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
  • Possessing or characterised by seriousness; strongly bent; intent.
  • Strenuous; diligent.
  • Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; not trifling or feigned; important.
Noun
  • A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
Verb
  • second-person singular simple present form of earn archaic
earn
Verb
  • To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. transitive
  • To receive payment for work. transitive
  • To receive payment for work. intransitive
  • To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward. transitive
  • To be worthy of. transitive
Verb
  • To curdle, as milk. Britain, dialect, dated
Verb
  • To long; to yearn. obsolete
  • To grieve. obsolete
Noun
  • Alternative form of erne
Earnest
Proper noun
  • A male given name, an occasional spelling variant of Ernest.