noun
Meaning 1
Greediness; strong appetite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
avidity
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/əˈvɪdɪti/
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noun
Meaning 2
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- to eat with avidity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eagerness, avidness, keenness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enthusiasm
Narrower terms: ardor, ardour, elan, zeal
History
Etymology
From Middle English avidite, from Old French avidite (modern French avidité), from Latin aviditās (“avidity, covetousness”), equivalent to avid + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лакомост (lakomost) — greediness; strong appetite
- Bulgarian: ненаситност (nenasitnost) — greediness; strong appetite
- Bulgarian: алчност (alčnost) — greediness; strong appetite
- Italian: avidità — greediness; strong appetite
- Romanian: lăcomie — greediness; strong appetite
- Romanian: aviditate — greediness; strong appetite
- Russian: а́лчность (álčnostʹ) — greediness; strong appetite
- Russian: жа́дность (žádnostʹ) — greediness; strong appetite
- Italian: avidità — eagerness; intenseness of desire
- Romanian: aviditate — eagerness; intenseness of desire
- Russian: усе́рдие (usérdije) — eagerness; intenseness of desire
- Russian: энерги́чность (energíčnostʹ) — eagerness; intenseness of desire
- German: Avidität — biochemistry
- Indonesian: aviditas — biochemistry
- Malay: keavidan — biochemistry