how to pronounce eager

/ˈiːɡɚ/

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eager is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of eager in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… are very willing and eager to begin to …”

meanings of eager

adjective:

Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
Sharp; sour; acid.
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

noun:

Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

name:

A surname.

eager frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word eager occurs in english on average 17.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics eager can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that eager can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;