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~1 adj 1 very serious and believing that what you say is very important (such an earnest young man) 2 in earnest if something starts happening in earnest, it begins properly or as it was planned to happen (On Monday your training begins in earnest!) 3 be in earnest to really mean what you are saying, especially when expressing an intention or wish (I'm sure he was in earnest when he said he wanted to marry her. | be in dead/deadly/complete earnest) (I couldn't believe what he was telling me but he was in deadly earnest.) - earnestly adv - earnestness n ~2 n an earnest of formal something that you do or give someone to show that you will do what you have promised to do ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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1. If something is done or happens in earnest, it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before. Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow... = seriously PHRASE: PHR after v 2. Earnest people are very serious and sincere in what they say or do, because they think that their actions and beliefs are important. Ella was a pious, earnest woman... ADJ • earnestness He was admired by many for his earnestness. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you are in earnest, you are sincere in what you are doing and saying. No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest. PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ernest, from Old English eornost; akin to Old High German ernust ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a serious and intent mental state a proposal made in ~ 2. a considerable or impressive degree or amount the sap started running in ~ II. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind 2. grave, important Synonyms: see serious • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English ernes, ernest, from Anglo-French arres, erres, plural of erre ~, from Latin arra, short for arrabo, from Greek arrhabon, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew ‘erabhon pledge Date: 13th century 1. something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain 2. a token of what is to come ; pledge ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. adj. & n. --adj. ardently or intensely serious; zealous; not trifling or joking. --n. seriousness. Phrases and idioms in (or in real) earnest serious(ly), not joking(ly); with determination. Derivatives earnestly adv. earnestness n. Etymology: OE eornust, eornost (with Gmc cognates): cf. ON ern vigorous 2. n. 1 money paid as an instalment, esp. to confirm a contract etc. 2 a token or foretaste (in earnest of what is to come). Etymology: ME ernes, prob. var. of erles, arles prob. f. med.L arrhula (unrecorded) f. arr(h)a pledge ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. серьезность, нешуточность in earnest, in good (dead) earnest —- всерьез, очень серьезно I am perfectly in earnest —- я говорю совершенно серьезно, я не шучу if you work in earnest, you will succeed —- если вы будете серьезно (упорно, по-настоящему) работать, вы добьетесь успеха 2. серьезный, важный, нешуточный to pay earnest heed —- обратить (самое) серьезное внимание children earnest at their play —- дети, увлеченные игрой an earnest request for help —- настоятельная просьба о помощи he's so earnest about it —- он так серьезно к этому относится 3. убежденный, искренний earnest desire —- искреннее стремление earnest conviction —- глубокое убеждение 4. горячий, ревностный earnest worker —- усердный (старательный) работник; человек, упорно работающий (над чем-л.) earnest pupil —- прилежный ученик an earnest student of philosophy —- человек, углубленно изучающий философию he is earnest for success —- он ревностно добивается успеха 5. задаток take this as an earnest —- примите это как задаток 6. залог; предвкушение; предвестник earnest of fresh achievements —- залог новых достижений the sun was rising over the peak giving an earnest of a hot day —- над вершиной вставало солнце, предвещая жаркий день 7. (денежный) задаток ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. adj. 1) серьезный; важный 2) искренний; убежденный 3) горячий, ревностный Syn: see sedate 2. noun - in earnest II noun задаток; залог an earnest of more to come - залог будущих благ ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. eornost (n.) "passion, zeal," surviving only in the phrase in earnest. O.E. eornoste (adj.) is from the n., from P.Gmc. *ern "vigor, briskness." The proper name Ernest is from the same root (lit. "resolute"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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