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yearn

[ yurn ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long:

    to yearn for a quiet vacation.

  2. to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted:

    They yearned over their delicate child.



yearn

/ ÂáÉœË²Ô /

verb

  1. usually foll byfor or after or an infinitive to have an intense desire or longing (for); pine (for)
  2. to feel tenderness or affection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²â±ð²¹°ù²Ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From

  • ²â±ð²¹°ù²Ôİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²â±ð²¹°ù²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of yearn1

First recorded before 900; Middle English yernen, Old English giernan derivative of georn “eagerâ€; akin to Old Norse girna “to desire,†Greek ³¦³ó²¹Ã­°ù±ð¾±²Ô “to rejoice,†Sanskrit ³óá°ù²â²¹³Ù¾± “(he) desiresâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of yearn1

Old English giernan; related to Old Saxon girnian, Old Norse girna, Gothic gairnjan, Old High German ²µ±ð°ùÅ²Ô to long for, Sanskrit haryati he likes
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Synonym Study

Yearn, long, hanker, pine all mean to feel a powerful desire for something. Yearn stresses the depth and passionateness of a desire: to yearn to get away and begin a new life; to yearn desperately for recognition. Long implies a wholehearted desire for something that is or seems unattainable: to long to relive one's childhood; to long for the warmth of summer. Hanker suggests a restless or incessant craving to fulfill some urge or desire: to hanker for a promotion; to hanker after fame and fortune. Pine adds the notion of physical or emotional suffering as a result of the real or apparent hopelessness of one's desire: to pine for one's native land; to pine for a lost love.
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Example Sentences

He keeps in touch with his siblings through video calls, he said, but he yearns to be reunited with them physically and permanently.

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Some yearn for healthier food options, while others want to make a political statement.

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He yearned for the uninhibited artistic exploration of his late teens and early 20s when he was a part of theater groups with friends.

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That is precisely the psychological mechanism behind Russia’s “Russkiy mir,†where people yearn for a strongman to protect the imagined moral and national order.

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Thousands of businesses across Gaza — restaurants, workshops, bakeries — yearned for a source of energy more reliable than what they had.

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