hunger for knowledge

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• hunger for something — ˈhunger for/after sth/sb derived (literary) to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb • He hungered for knowledge. Main entry: ↑hungerderived …   Useful english dictionary

• hunger for somebody — ˈhunger for/after sth/sb derived (literary) to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb • He hungered for knowledge. Main entry: ↑hungerderived …   Useful english dictionary

• hunger — I n. 1) (formal) to allay, alleviate, appease one s hunger 2) to satisfy one s hunger; to gratify one s hunger (fig.) 3) ravenous hunger 4) hunger for (hunger for knowledge) 5) of hunger (to die of hunger) II v. (D; intr.) to hunger after, for *… …   Combinatory dictionary

• hunger — noun 1 feeling of wanting to eat ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme ▪ Any good weight loss regime should not lead to extreme hunger. ▪ constant ▪ global, world VERB + HUNGER …   Collocations dictionary

• hunger — hun|ger1 [ˈhʌŋgə US ər] n [: Old English; Origin: hungor] 1.) [U] lack of food, especially for a long period of time, that can cause illness or death = ↑starvation die of/from hunger ▪ Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day. 2.) [U]… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hunger — noun 1》 a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat. 2》 a strong desire: her hunger for knowledge. verb 1》 (hunger after/for) have a strong desire for. 2》 archaic feel or suffer hunger. Origin OE… …   English new terms dictionary

• hunger after something — ˈhunger for/after sth/sb derived (literary) to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb • He hungered for knowledge. Main entry: ↑hungerderived …   Useful english dictionary

• hunger after somebody — ˈhunger for/after sth/sb derived (literary) to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb • He hungered for knowledge. Main entry: ↑hungerderived …   Useful english dictionary

• Hunger — This article is about the social condition. For the physical sensation, see Hunger (motivational state). For other uses, see Hunger (disambiguation). Hunger is the most commonly used term to describe the social condition of people who frequently… …   Wikipedia

• Hunger strike — A hunger strike is a method of non violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change …   Wikipedia

• Locke: knowledge and its limits — Ian Tipton I That John Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding is one of the philosophical classics is something nobody would deny, yet it is not easy to pinpoint precisely what is so special about it. Locke himself has been described as the …   History of philosophy