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# enthusiastic

«enthusiastic» in Mova's school dictionary: **very interested, excited and keen about something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enthusiastic means very interested, excited and keen about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#m1)

2) Showing lots of energy and happiness when doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school reports («an enthusiastic learner»), sport and stories about feelings. Phrases: «enthusiastic about», «an enthusiastic welcome», «enthusiastic crowd». It tells the reader someone really likes or wants something.

### examples

- The class was enthusiastic about the trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x1)
- She is an enthusiastic reader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x2)
- The crowd gave an enthusiastic cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x3)
- My dog is very enthusiastic when I come home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x4)
- He wasn't very enthusiastic about tidying his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x5)
- The coach praised the enthusiastic team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enthusiastic/#x6)

### note

«An enthusiastic» (vowel sound). Pattern: enthusiastic about something. Noun: enthusiasm; adverb: enthusiastically. Spelling: en-thu-si-as-tic. Informal synonyms: keen (UK), pumped, stoked (Australia/NZ slang).

### In the corpora

- ["Enthusiastic contributor" can mean the pupil shouts out answers without waiting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/16/)
- [On a school report, "natural leader" can mean bossy and "enthusiastic contributor" can mean shouts out answers without waiting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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