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# passionate

«passionate» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (passionate; more passionate, most passionate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#m1)

2) Very keen on or interested in something: «passionate about football». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and school reports: a pupil passionate about science or reading. In stories passionate speeches and arguments show strong feeling. Toad is passionate about each new craze — boats, caravans, then motor cars.

### examples

- She is passionate about protecting animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x1)
- He gave a passionate speech about saving the rainforest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x2)
- Toad was passionate about every new hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x3)
- The fans were passionate supporters of their team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x4)
- My teacher is passionate about poetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x5)
- They had a passionate argument about the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x6)
- Martin said that Jurgen was certainly passionate, but a good fellow after all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/#x7)

### note

From «passion» + «-ate». Adverb: passionately. «Passionate about» (not «passionate for»).

### Trees and pragmatics

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