yearn
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)n
[edit] Verb
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to yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)
- (intransitive, construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- All I yearn for is a simple life.
- (intransitive, construed with for) To long back with melancholy, nostalgically
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[edit] Translations
to have a strong desire; to long
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to long back with melancholy
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