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# yearning

«yearning» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural yearnings); also the -ing form of yearn

### meaning for a pupil

A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a deep feeling inside someone that pulls them toward a person or thing

### examples

- She had a yearning for her far-off family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x1)
- Before long, the cat felt a fit of yearning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x2)
- He had a yearning to travel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x3)
- A yearning filled her heart all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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