passion
noun (passion, uncountable; a passion, passions); the Passion (church)
Everyday
- A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement. tree →
- A strong love or enthusiasm for an activity or subject: a passion for football. tree →
- (church) The Passion: the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross, remembered by Christians especially at Easter. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and school, people talk about their passions: hobbies and subjects they love. In stories, passion shows strong feeling: «she spoke with passion». In religious education and church life, the Passion is the story told on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, and in musical «Passions» by Bach.
Examples
- Her passion is horse riding. tree →
- He spoke with passion about saving the rainforest. tree →
- Find your passion and practise it every day. tree →
- Christians remember the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. tree →
- Our choir sang music from Bach's St Matthew Passion. tree →
- Dad has a passion for old cars. tree →
- The football fans sang with passion. tree →
- Her father flew into a passion. tree →
Note
Uncountable for the feeling, countable for a hobby or love (my passions). Adjective: passionate. Related: passion fruit (a fruit named after the Passion of Jesus because of its flower). The word comes from Latin «pati», to suffer.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «passion» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «passion» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/passion/