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earnest

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɜːrnɪst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɝnɪst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ûr′nist)

Collocations for "earnest"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "earnest" in context.

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earnest

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. an earnest [appeal, request] (for)
  2. an earnest [effort, attempt, desire] (to)
  3. is an earnest (hard) worker
  4. is an earnest [student, teacher, parent]
  5. those are earnest words
  6. engaged in earnest [conversation, debate]
  7. made an earnest promise
  8. earnest and [sincere, honest, serious]
n
  1. [reward, compensation, praise] for the earnest
  2. is an earnest of his [goodwill, esteem, generosity]
  3. is an earnest of [what, how, how little, how much]
additional examples
  1. will [begin, start] in earnest in [January]
  2. speak in earnest
  3. an earnest [appeal, request] (for)
  4. an earnest [effort, attempt, desire] (to)
  5. is an earnest (hard) worker
  6. is an earnest [student, teacher, parent]
  7. those are earnest words
  8. engaged in earnest [conversation, debate]
  9. made an earnest promise
  10. earnest and [sincere, honest, serious]
  11. [reward, compensation, praise] for the earnest
  12. is an earnest of his [goodwill, esteem, generosity]
  13. is an earnest of [what, how, how little, how much]
'earnest' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "earnest" in the title:

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Adult behaviour is not really in earnest - English Only forum
Are you in earnest? - English Only forum
<both in play and in earnest> - English Only forum
deadly earnest? - English Only forum
earnest - English Only forum
Earnest person vs serious person - English Only forum
Earnest, is it common to hear this word? - English Only forum
Earnest..... - English Only forum
Fight in earnest - English Only forum
had led the earnest petitions of his companions - English Only forum
Have your studies begun in earnest? - English Only forum
he was stirred to look about him in earnest - English Only forum
I'm fifty, mark you; once back from this cruise, I set up gentleman in earnest. - English Only forum
In earnest - English Only forum
In earnest and seriously - English Only forum
in earnest effort to - English Only forum
in earnest or in play - English Only forum
kick off in earnest - English Only forum
less in earnest - English Only forum
of adoration as earnest and devout as the Catholic pays to the Virgin. - English Only forum
people of a different class, like Connie, were earnest about something - English Only forum
Presidential attention becomes fixed, and bargaining earnest, - English Only forum
Presidential attention becomes fixed, and bargaining earnest, only... - English Only forum
rather than for a serious discourse meant in earnest [John Locke] - English Only forum
sensory-rich, overwrought and earnest phrases - English Only forum
sincere, earnest - English Only forum
suppose the reasoner in earnest - English Only forum
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