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# enthusiasm

«enthusiasm» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (enthusiasm, enthusiasms; mostly uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enthusiasm is a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something, and wanting to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#m1)

2) An enthusiasm (countable) is a hobby or interest that you love: «Dinosaurs are his great enthusiasm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports, teachers praise pupils who show enthusiasm for learning; in sports, the coach likes enthusiasm in training. In stories, enthusiasm shows a character is eager and keen. Phrases: «with enthusiasm», «full of enthusiasm», «show enthusiasm», «lose your enthusiasm», «enthusiasm for».

### examples

- She joined the choir with great enthusiasm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x1)
- The class showed lots of enthusiasm for the science project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x2)
- His enthusiasm for football never fades. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x3)
- After the rain started, we lost our enthusiasm for the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x4)
- The teacher's enthusiasm made maths fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x5)
- Painting is one of Grandad's many enthusiasms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x6)
- The crowd cheered with enthusiasm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x7)
- The eyes of Theseus glowed with enthusiasm, and he would hardly sit still to hear his mother speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiasm/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable: «a lot of enthusiasm», not «many enthusiasms» (unless you mean hobbies). Preposition: enthusiasm for something. Adjective: enthusiastic; person: enthusiast. Spelling: enthUsiasm.

### Trees and pragmatics

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