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keen [kiːn] ADJ

1. keen:

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4. keen (on):

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I'm keen on swimming.
▶ keenly ADV

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He is remembered as a keen educationalist and in his time a mixed school was erected in the parish.
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He was a keen bibliophile, and built up an extensive collection of rare books.
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The hypnotist was keen to discover if anybody else was able to hear.
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Their keen eyesight and ability to see great distances made them excellent watchdogs.
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At the turn for home a group of spectators, keen to get a good view, had encroached onto the course without realising.
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The result of her tenacious research, keen interpretation and her own transmigration of sensibility is a shining book beyond category.
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He was a keen musician, poet and yachtsman.
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Investigating and keen to head off accusations of demonic possession, the protagonists discover and explore a labyrinthine library in the abbey's forbidden principal tower.
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He has a keen sense of physical beauty in woman, and his verse is replete with suppressed passion, but he never sinks to sensuality.
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He was keen on bringing out quality research publications.
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