avid
avid
Definition
avid (av′id)
adjective
- having an intense craving; greedy avid for power
- eager and enthusiastic an avid reader
Etymology: L avidus < avere, to desire
avid
Synonyms
avid
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Film today is already in a sense digital, since it's all edited using an Avid.
Adjective modifier
- online: Remember, unlike some online stores AVID - SPEED DIAL SL LEVERS will be sent with free P&P!
Modifies a noun
- watcher: My mother was an avid sci-fi watcher on television.
- collector: I am an avid amateur fossil collector in Norway.
- golfer: Ideally located for the avid golfer or for rental purposes.
- follower: Currently studying A-levels at Bede College, he is an avid follower of the national team.
- reader: Helen Murdoch, Walter's mother, was an avid reader who had a flair for writing.
- theatre-goer: The Grand Theater Club The Theater Club was started in 1971 by a group of avid theatre-goers.
Modifying Another Word
- very: Because of that book i am a very avid reader.
- also: As is evident from these texts, fishing was at the center of their culture, and they were also avid traders and gamblers.
- so: But why is the British state so avid to take up the offer?
- particularly: The Vikings were particularly avid for silver, as they had no sources of supply in their native Scandinavia.
- even: Even avid fans of the hardest Sunday crosswords usually only required a ( much shorter ) one-volume dictionary to check their solutions.
Noun used with modifier
- store: Remember, unlike some online stores AVID - SPEED DIAL SL LEVERS will be sent with free P&P!
Preposition: for
- information: Patients are often avid for information on specific topics.
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