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# zeal

«zeal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially in serving a cause or a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zeal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a servant or friend who works hard and eagerly to help a ruler or a cause

### examples

- She worked with zeal to finish the picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zeal/#x1)
- His zeal for football made him train every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zeal/#x2)
- The guard showed great zeal in keeping the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zeal/#x3)
- Students with zeal often learn fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zeal/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.193/)
- [Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1137/)
- [My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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