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# ardent

«ardent» in Mova's school dictionary: **very eager, full of strong feeling, or keen about something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more ardent, most ardent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ardent means very eager, full of strong feeling, or keen about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ardent/#m1)

2) (old use) Ardent can also mean burning hot, glowing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ardent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a hero or lover full of strong wishes; in everyday life a keen fan or a keen learner

### examples

- She is an ardent reader of fairy tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ardent/#x1)
- He had an ardent wish to see the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ardent/#x2)
- My ardent friend never misses football practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ardent/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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