yearn

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to yearn

Third person singular
yearns

Simple past
yearned

Past participle
yearned

Present participle
yearning

to yearn (third-person singular simple present yearns, present participle yearning, simple past and past participle yearned)

  1. (intransitive, construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
    • All I yearn for is a simple life.
  2. (intransitive, construed with for) To long back with melancholy, nostalgically

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[edit] Translations

to have a strong desire; to long
to long back with melancholy
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  • Romanian: a tânji (după) (does the romanian entry here include the equivalent of the English particle "to"? Shouldn't it just be tânji?)

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