earnest

Phonetic

US /ˈɜːrnɪst/UK /ˈɜːnɪst/

Translations

NOUNGravity; serious purpose; earnestness., Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence), A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

VERBTo be serious with; use in earnest., second-person singular simple present indicative of earn

ADJSerious or honest., Focused in the pursuit of an objective; eager to obtain or do., Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration., Possessing or characterised by seriousness., Strenuous; diligent., Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

PROPNA male given name from the Germanic languages, of occasional usage, variant of Ernest.

Variants

earnests: Third Person Singular, Plural
earnesting: Present Participle
earnested: Past Participle, Past Tense
earnester: Comparative
earnestest: Superlative

Examples

But it wasn’t until 2019 that she was championed in earnest outside the country, when Gisela Capitain, a gallerist in Cologne, Germany, mounted a solo show of Ducrot’s work which featured iterative images of flowers in vases, along with several pieces from a series, “Bella Terra,” each of them depicting a tree and a flowing river.
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But it wasn’t until 2019 that she was championed in earnest outside the country, when Gisela Capitain, a gallerist in Cologne, Germany, mounted a solo show of Ducrot’s work which featured iterative images of flowers in vases, along with several pieces from a series, “Bella Terra,” each of them depicting a tree and a flowing river.
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Wang had endured the Cultural Revolution, but unlike most of his peers, who turned the experience into earnest tales of
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Review: This ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ Is a Fabulous/ˈfæbjələs/ Romp/rɑːmp/
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Biden’s Goodbye to Politics Will Begin in Earnest With His Convention Speech
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