Definition of "eager" in English

adjective

1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

   • Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
   • The hounds were eager in the chase.
   • I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.
   • You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets.

2. (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

   • an eager algorithm

3. (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

4. (obsolete, literal) Sharp; sour; acid.

5. (obsolete, figurative) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

verb

1. (intransitive) To be or become eager.

2. (intransitive) To express eagerness.

3. (transitive) To make or encourage to be eager

noun

1. Alternative form of eagre (“tidal bor”).