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# fondness

«fondness» in Mova's school dictionary: **A gentle, warm liking or love for someone or something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (fondness)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gentle, warm liking or love for someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#m1)

2) A liking for doing or eating something: «a fondness for chocolate». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «She remembered her grandmother with fondness». In everyday talk: «He has a fondness for cats». It is a soft, kind word for liking.

### examples

- Grandad has a fondness for gardening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x1)
- She spoke of her old teacher with fondness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x2)
- My dog has a fondness for socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x3)
- He looked at the photo with fondness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x4)
- I have a fondness for spicy food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x5)
- Their fondness for each other was clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondness/#x6)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Usually «a fondness for» something. From fond: «be fond of» = like. Spelling: fond + ness = fondness (one n from fond, one from -ness).

### Trees and pragmatics

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