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How to pronounce “keen”
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Pronunciation guide for keen
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of keen with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Atheist or not, Diderot had long expressed a keen interest
- Definition summary
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
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How to pronounce keen
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Atheist or not, Diderot had long expressed a keen interest
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “keen”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.
- (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, rare) To make cold, to sharpen.
- [Noun]
- A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
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