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What (who) is Earnest - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Earnest (disambiguation); Earnest (name); Earnest (given name)
Earnest
·adj Serious; important.
II. Earnest ·vt To use in earnest.
III. Earnest ·adj Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
IV. Earnest ·noun Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
V. Earnest ·noun Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.
VI. Earnest ·noun Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.
VII. Earnest ·adj Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty;
- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
earnest
earnest1 ['?:n?st]
¦ adjective sincere and very serious.
Phrases
in earnest to a greater extent or more intensely than before.
?sincere and serious in intention.
Derivatives
earnestly adverb
earnestness noun
Origin
OE eornoste (adjective), eornost (n.), of Gmc origin.
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earnest2 ['?:n?st]
¦ noun a sign or promise of what is to come.
Origin
ME ernes, lit. 'instalment paid to confirm a contract', based on OFr. erres, from L. arra, shortened form of arrabo 'a pledge'.
earnest
1.
If something is done or happens in earnest, it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before.
Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow...
= seriously
PHRASE: PHR after v
2.
Earnest people are very serious and sincere in what they say or do, because they think that their actions and beliefs are important.
Ella was a pious, earnest woman...
ADJ
• earnestness
He was admired by many for his earnestness.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you are in earnest, you are sincere in what you are doing and saying.
No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.
PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR
Examples of use of Earnest
1. It began in earnest at SOAS (The School of Oriental And African Studies). I was very earnest.
2. Earnest articles, detailed speeches, kitchen conversations.
3. While the Spice Girls were criticized for not being earnest old rockers, some others were criticizing the concert‘s organizers for leaning too heavily on earnest old rockers.
4. Let the anti–Western rhetoric begin in earnest. «
5. We would now revive the project in right earnest.