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# fond

«fond» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fond, fonder, fondest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be fond of someone or something means to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#m1)

2) Fond means loving and warm: "a fond smile", "fond memories". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#m2)

3) Fond of doing something means liking to do it often: "he's fond of telling jokes". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#m3)

4) A fond hope or belief is a foolish one that is unlikely to come true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a fond look or fond memory shows love and happy feelings; "fondest wishes" ends letters. In everyday life "I'm not very fond of broccoli" is a polite way to say you dislike it. Phrases: fond of, fond memories, fondest wishes, grow fond of.

### examples

- I'm very fond of my little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x1)
- We have fond memories of our holiday by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x2)
- She gave the puppy a fond pat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x3)
- He's fond of telling long stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x4)
- I'm not very fond of spinach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x5)
- The children grew fond of their new teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x6)
- With fondest wishes, Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x7)
- Madame was so very fond of Bellissima. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/#x8)

### note

Usually "fond of" + noun or -ing. Comparison: fonder, fondest. Noun: fondness. "I'm not fond of" is a soft, polite way to say "I don't like". Fond (liking) is not "found" (past of find).

### In the corpora

- [He hated disappointing people, and he was fond of the Mole».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/38/)
- [The book calls the man a «gipsy» and says gipsies were «very fond of horse-dealing».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/25/)
- [Mole — and the terrible grey Badger, who is really rather fond of children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/9/)
- [It can be cross, surprised or fond, so you watch the face, not the word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/6/)
- [In Scotland "wee" means small, so "wee man" is a fond way to say "little lad".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fond» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fond/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.