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keen on

keen on adjective: fond of; appreciative of.

Adjective

keen on (comparative more keen on, superlative most keen on)

  1. (UK, parts of North America) fond of; appreciative of
    • I'm not keen on fish with lots of bones.
    • Things don't happen just because Prime Ministers are very keen on them. Neville Chamberlain was very keen on peace! (laugh track)1986 January 16, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Ministerial Broadcast”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)

Forms of keen on

comparativemore keen on
superlativemost keen on

Questions about keen on

What does keen on mean?
Keen on means fond of; appreciative of.
What part of speech is keen on?
Keen on is an adjective.

Words near keen on in the dictionary

  1. keen
  2. keen as a bean
  3. keen as a Jew
  4. keen as knives
  5. keen as mustard
  6. keen on
  7. Keen-chang
  8. keen-witted
  9. keen-wittedness
  10. Keena
  11. Keenan

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