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keen1 adj 1. eager or enthusiastic 2. (postpositive; foll by on) fond (of); devoted (to) keen on a girl keen on golf 3. intellectually acute a keen wit 4. (of sight, smell, hearing, etc.) capable of recognizing fine distinctions 5. having a sharp cutting edge or point 6. extremely cold and penetrating a keen wind 7. intense or strong a keen desire 8. Chiefly Brit extremely low so as to be competitive keen prices 9. Slang chiefly US and Canadian very good [Old English cēne; related to Old High German kuoni brave, Old Norse koenn wise; see can1, know] keenly adv keenness n keen2 vb (intr) to lament the dead n
a dirge or lament for the dead [from Irish Gaelic caoine, from Old Irish coīnim I wail] keener n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
keen1 adjective 1. eager, earnest, spirited, devoted, intense, fierce, enthusiastic, passionate, ardent, avid, fervent, impassioned, zealous, ebullient, wholehearted, fervid, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (informal) a keen amateur photographer eager indifferent, lukewarm, uninterested, apathetic, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, laodicean 2. earnest, fierce, intense, vehement, burning, flaming, consuming, eager, passionate, heightened, energetic, ardent, fanatical, fervent, impassioned, fervid his keen sense of loyalty 3. faithful, true, constant, devoted, loyal, patriotic, staunch, dependable, trustworthy, trusty, steadfast, dutiful, unwavering, true-blue, immovable, unswerving, tried and true, true-hearted He's been a keen supporter all his life. 4. sharp, satirical, incisive, trenchant, pointed, cutting, biting, edged, acute, acid, stinging, piercing, penetrating, searing, tart, withering, scathing, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, caustic, astringent, vitriolic, acerbic, mordant, razor-like, finely honed a keen sense of humour sharp dull, blunt 5. perceptive, quick, sharp, brilliant, acute, smart, wise, clever, subtle, piercing, penetrating, discriminating, shrewd, discerning, ingenious, astute, intuitive, canny, incisive, insightful, observant, perspicacious, sapient a man of keen intellect perceptive dull, obtuse, unperceptive 6. penetrating, clear, powerful, sharp, acute, sensitive, piercing, discerning, perceptive, observant a keen eye for detail 7. intense, strong, fierce, relentless, cut-throat Competition is keen for these awards. keen on attracted to, fond of, taken with, infatuated with, into (informal), attached to, devoted to, stuck on (informal), enamoured of, sweet on (informal), smitten with Mick has always been very keen on Carla. keen to anxious to, hoping to, wishing to, determined to, longing to, eager to, dying to, yearning to, itching to, impatient to, ambitious to, desirous to We're keen to wrap the matter up within two or three weeks. keen2 Translations keen [kiːn] A. ADJ (keener (compar) (keenest (superl))) 1. (= enthusiastic) [supporter] → entusiasta; [student] → aplicado she's a keen photographer/gardener → es muy aficionada a la fotografía/la jardinería he's a keen footballer → es muy aficionado a jugar al fútbol he's a keen cook → le gusta mucho or le encanta cocinar she's just started and she's still very keen → acaba de empezar y tiene aún mucho entusiasmo try not to seem too keen → procura no parecer muy interesado to be keen to do sth → tener interés por hacer algo I was keen to get started → tenía muchas ganas de empezar the government is keen to dismiss these rumours → al gobierno le interesa descartar estos rumores he was keen to point out the financial benefits → tenía sumo interés por hacer resaltar las ventajas económicas, hizo mucho hincapié en las ventajas económicas to be keen on sth (Brit) I'm not all that keen on grapes → no me gustan mucho las uvas he's keen on fishing → es muy aficionado a la pesca, le gusta mucho la pesca I'm not keen on the idea → no me entusiasma or no me hace mucha gracia la idea both companies were keen on a merger → ambas compañías querían la fusión or tenían interés en la fusión I'm not very keen on him → no es santo de mi devoción, no me cae demasiado bien to be keen on doing sth: I'm very keen on horse riding (Brit) → me gusta muchísimo montar a caballo → me encanta montar a caballo; (as a hobby) → soy muy aficionada a montar a caballo I'm not keen on going → no me apetece mucho ir to be as keen as mustard → ser extraordinariamente entusiasta 2. (= intense) [desire] → fuerte, vivo; [delight] → intenso; [interest] → vivo, grande; [competition, match, struggle] → reñido his keen sense of loyalty → su gran sentido de la lealtad 3. (= sharp) [edge, blade] → afilado; [wind, air] → cortante; [mind, intelligence] → agudo, penetrante; [intellect, wit, sense of humour] → agudo; [eyesight] → agudo, muy bueno; [hearing] → fino to have a keen appetite → tener buen apetito to have a keen eye for detail → tener buen ojo para los detalles to have a keen nose for sth → tener buen olfato para algo to have a keen sense of smell → tener buen olfato 4. (= competitive) [price, rate] → competitivo B. N (Irl) (Mus) lamento fúnebre por la muerte de una persona C. VI → lamentar keen [ˈkiːn] adj (= eager) [person] → passionné(e) She's keen and energetic → Elle est passionnée et énergique. a keen, enthusiastic lad → un jeune gars passionné et enthousiaste to seem keen He doesn't seem very keen → Il n'a pas l'air très enthousiaste., Il n'a pas l'air très passionné. to be keen on sth (= enjoy) → être passionné par qch I'm keen on maths → Je suis passionné par les maths. I'm not very keen on maths → Je ne suis pas passionné par les maths. She's not too keen on jazz → Elle n'aime pas trop le jazz., Elle n'est pas particulièrement passionnée par le jazz I'm very keen on sports → Le sport me passionne au plus haut point., Je suis très passionné par le sport. Boys are just as keen on cooking as girls are → Les garçons sont tout aussi passionnés par la cuisine que les filles., Les garçons se passionnent pour la cuisine tout autant que les filles. to be keen on doing sth (= want very much to) → tenir à faire qch, avoir très envie de faire qch She was keen on having a family → Elle tenait à fonder une famille., Elle avait très envie de fonder une famille. not to be keen on doing sth → ne pas tenir à faire qch I've seen the play before, so I'm not keen on going again → J'ai déjà vu la pièce et je ne tiens pas à y retourner. to be not very keen on doing sth → ne pas tenir beaucoup à faire qch, ne pas être chaud pour faire qch I'm not very keen on going → Je ne tiens pas beaucoup à y aller. to be keen to do sth (= want very much to) → tenir à faire qch, avoir très envie de faire qch to be keen for sb to do sth → tenir à ce que qn fasse qch I am not keen for him to have a bicycle → Je ne tiens pas à ce qu'il ait une bicyclette. to be keen that ... → tenir à ce que + subj ... My host was keen that I should try his best wines → Mon hôte tenait à ce que je goûte ses meilleurs vins. I'm very keen that → Je tiens beaucoup à ce que ... to be keen on sb → être attiré par qn He's keen on her → Il est attiré par elle. Molly was very keen on him → Molly était très attirée par lui. [gardener, photographer, golfer, cook, supporter] → assidu(e) She's a keen student → C'est une étudiante assidue. [interest, desire, competition] → vif* $(vive)before n to take a keen interest in sth → manifester un vif intérêt pour qch He took a keen interest in politics → Il manifestait un vif intérêt pour la politique. (= sharp) [intelligence, mind] → pénétrant(e); [sense of smell] → très développé(e); [sense of humour] → très développé(e) a keen eye for detail → une grande attention aux détails to have a keen eye for detail (= pay great attention to) → porter une grande attention aux détails Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished → Susan porte une grande attention aux détails si bien que la finition de chaque robe est splendide. [edge] → effilé(e) keen1 adj (+er) (= acute, intense) appetite → kräftig; interest → groß, stark; pleasure → groß; anticipation → gespannt; feeling → stark, tief; desire, pain → heftig, stark; mind, intelligence, sense of humour, wit → scharf; sight, eye, hearing, ear → gut, scharf; awareness → geschärft; competition → scharf; to keep a keen eye on something → ein wachsames Auge auf etw (acc) → haben; to have a keen nose for something → eine gute or feine Nase für etw haben; they have a keen awareness or appreciation of the dangers → sie sind sich der Gefahren deutlich bewusst; he has a keen sense of history → er hat ein ausgeprägtes Gefühl für Geschichte (= enthusiastic) → begeistert; football fan, golfer, supporter → leidenschaftlich, begeistert; (= eager, interested) applicant, learner → stark interessiert; (= hardworking) → eifrig; keen to learn → lernbegierig; keen to know → begierig zu wissen; try not to seem too keen → versuchen Sie, Ihr Interesse nicht zu sehr zu zeigen; if he’s keen we can teach him → wenn er wirklich interessiert ist or Interesse hat, können wir es ihm beibringen; he is terribly keen → seine Begeisterung/sein Interesse/sein Eifer kennt kaum Grenzen; to be keen on somebody → von jdm sehr angetan sein; (= sexually attracted) → scharf auf jdn sein (inf); on pop group, actor, author → von jdm begeistert sein; to be keen on something → etw sehr gern mögen; on classical music, Italian cooking also, football → sehr viel für etw übrighaben; to be keen on doing something (= like to do) → etw gern or mit Begeisterung tun; to be keen to do something (= want to do) → sehr darauf erpicht sein or scharf darauf sein (inf), → etw zu tun; to be keen on mountaineering/dancing → begeisterter or leidenschaftlicher Bergsteiger/Tänzer sein, leidenschaftlich gern bergsteigen/tanzen; he is very keen on golf/tennis etc → er ist ein Golf-/Tennisfan m → etc; to become keen on somebody/something → sich für jdn/etw erwärmen; I’m not very keen on him/that idea → ich bin von ihm/dieser Idee nicht gerade begeistert; he’s very keen on getting the job finished → ihm liegt sehr viel daran, dass die Arbeit fertig wird; he’s not keen on her coming → er legt keinen (gesteigerten) Wert darauf, dass sie kommt; he’s very keen that we should go/for us to go → er legt sehr großen Wert darauf or ihm ist sehr daran gelegen, dass wir gehen; they are keen for revenge → sie sind auf Rache aus (esp Brit: = competitive) prices → günstig (US inf: = very good) → spitzenmäßig (inf) keen2 (Ir) n → Totenklage f vi → die Totenklage halten keen [kiːn] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) a. (Brit) (person) → entusiasta he's a keen gardener → è un appassionato di giardinaggio to be keen on sth (opera, theatre) → essere appassionato/a di qc (plan, idea) → essere entusiasta di qc she's keen on the music master → il maestro di musica le piace molto she's very keen on pop music → le piace molto la musica pop to be keen to do or on doing sth → avere una gran voglia di fare qc I'm not keen on going → non mi va di andare I'm not keen to do it → non ci tengo a farlo b. (edge, blade) → affilato/a, tagliente; (wind, air) → tagliente; (hearing) → fine; (appetite) → robusto/a; (intelligence, eyesight, observation) → acuto/a; (desire, delight, sense) → intenso/a, forte; (interest) → vivo/a; (price, rate) → competitivo/a; (competition, match, struggle) → duro/a keen [kiːn] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) a. (Brit) (person) → entusiasta he's a keen gardener → è un appassionato di giardinaggio to be keen on sth (opera, theatre) → essere appassionato/a di qc (plan, idea) → essere entusiasta di qc she's keen on the music master → il maestro di musica le piace molto she's very keen on pop music → le piace molto la musica pop to be keen to do or on doing sth → avere una gran voglia di fare qc I'm not keen on going → non mi va di andare I'm not keen to do it → non ci tengo a farlo adj keen [kiːn] 1 eager or enthusiastic He is a keen golfer; I'm keen to succeed. ywerig, gretig مُتَحَمِّس ревностен vášnivý; chtivý ivrig eifrig, scharf ενθουσιώδης, που θέλει πολύ entusiasta innukas مشتاق innokas fervent נִלהָב उत्सुक gorljiv lelkes, buzgó bersemangat ákafur appassionato; desideroso 熱心な 열중한 aistringas, labai norintis dedzīgs; kaislīgs; aizrautīgs gigih enthousiast, gespitst op ivrig, begeistret zapalony entusiasta entuziast усердный vášnivý; chtivý goreč oran ivrig, entusiastisk, passionerad กระตือรือร้น hevesli, can atan 熱衷的 палкий, заповзятливий سرگرم ، مشتاق hăng hái nhiệt tình 热心的 2 sharp Her eyesight is as keen as ever. skerp حاد ، مُتَوَقِّد الذِّهْن остър ostrý skarp scharf οξύς agudo, penetrante terav تیز terävä perçant חַד पैना oštar éles tajam skarpur acuto 鋭い 예민한 aštrus (par dzirdi, redzi) ass; vērīgs tajam scherp skarp(sindig) ostry agudo ager, pătrunzător острый ostrý oster oštar skarp คม keskin 敏銳的 гострий تیز sắc bén 锋利的 3 (of wind etc) very cold and biting. bytend قارِس ولاذِع пронизващ ostrý skarp scharf διαπεραστικός, τσουχτερός cortante lõikav تند و سرد pureva piquant חוֹדֵר तीक्ष्ण oštar csípős dingin napur tagliente きびしい 살을 에는 듯한 veriantis (par vēju) stiprs; griezīgs menyucuk-nyucuk bijtend bitende przejmujący penetrante pătrunzător пронизывающий ostrý oster jak bitande, isande หนาวจัด keskin, acı 凜冽的 лютий; пронизливий کاٹ دار rét buốt 凛冽的 adv keenly besonder بِحَماس، بحِدَّه със силно желание horlivě, nadšeně ivrigt; skarpt scharf εξαιρετικά, έντονα con entusiasmo innukalt با اشتیاق؛ به شدت innokkaasti ardemment בְּחֲרִיפוּת उत्सुकता से oštro élesen; keményen bergairah með ákafa acutamente, vivamente 鋭く 열심히, 예리하게, 매섭게 su užsidegimu, aštriai dedzīgi; aizrautīgi; asi; vērīgi bersungguh-sungguh enthousiast, scherp ivrig; skarpt; bitende bystro entusiasticamente cu ardoare усердно, остро vášnivo vneto orno förtjust i อย่างกระตือรือร้น hevesle; şiddetle 銳利地,敏銳地 гостро دلچسپی کی ساتھ một cách nhiệt tình; một cách sắc sảo 锐利地,敏锐地 n keenness belangstelling تَحَمُّس شديد، توقُّد الذِّهْن влечение horlivost iver; energi die Schärfe έντονο ενδιαφέρον entusiasmo ind شوق؛ تیزی innokkuus finesse חֲרִיפוּת उत्सुकता, तीक्ष्णयता आदि revnost élesség, csípősség gairah ákafi acutezza 鋭さ 열정, 열망, 예리함, 매서움 užsidegimas, aštrumas dedzīgums; aizrautība; asums; vērīgums ketajaman, kenyaringan enthousiasme, scherpte iver; skarpsindighet; skarphet zapał, bystrość entusiasmo ascuţime; fineţe усердие; острота prenikavosť ostrina ornost iver ความกระตือรือร้น heves(lilik); keskinlik 銳利,敏銳 гострота دلچسپی sự sắc sảo; sự nhiệt tình 锐利,敏锐 keen on very enthusiastic about, interested in or fond of She's keen on sailing; She's been keen on that boy for years. versot op شَديد الأهْتِمام запален zblázněný do glad for; varm på scharf auf που ενδιαφέρεται για, ξετρελαμένος με ser aficionado a elavalt huvitunud مشتاق؛ خواهان innostunut passionné de לָהוּט उत्सुक revan nagyon szeret vkit, vmit gemar áhugasamur um; skotinn í appassionato di ~に夢中になって 매우 열중하여 labai mėgstantis, besižavintis dedzīgi nodoties; kaislīgi aizrauties sangat berminat gek op ivrig etter, pasjonert, oppsatt på bardzo zainteresowany interessado em pasionat de страстно увлекающийся zbláznený do navdušen nad zainteresovan za förtjust i สนใจใน düşkün, tutkun, meraklı 熱衷於,對…感興趣,喜愛 палко захоплюватися чимсь گرویدہ thích thú 喜爱 keen → قاطع náruživý ivrig efter begeistert ενθουσιώδης resuelto innokas enthousiaste gorljiv appassionato 熱心な 열심인 scherp ivrig zapalony entusiástico острый angelägen กระตือรือร้น istekli say mê 渴望的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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