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# hankering

«hankering» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hankerings)

### meaning for a pupil

A hankering is a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hankering/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a longing for a better prize or a different life, which a character feels in a tale

### examples

- She had a hankering for sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hankering/#x1)
- John's hankering for a bigger prize grew each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hankering/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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