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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enthusiasm
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be fired with enthusiasm
▪ I was fired with enthusiasm to go traveling in Asia.
burst of anger/enthusiasm/temper etc
fire sb’s enthusiasm/imagination
▪ stories of magic and adventure that fire children’s imaginations
infectious enthusiasm
infectious enthusiasm
renewed interest/confidence/enthusiasm etc
▪ renewed concern about farming methods
share sb’s concern/enthusiasm etc (=feel the same concern, enthusiasm etc as someone else)
▪ I share the concern of parents about the content of some of these computer games.
youthful enthusiasm/energy/vigour
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
▪ The success of the pre-action protocols has been greeted with considerable enthusiasm.
enormous
▪ But most important of all was the enormous enthusiasm of thousands of show visitors.
▪ At one time the City had an enormous enthusiasm for mergers.
full
▪ But we were full of enthusiasm, essential to survive that first rainy season in the forest.
▪ She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse.
▪ In spite of this, those actors who stole into the auditorium between entrances returned full of enthusiasm.
▪ Extroverted, quick and full of enthusiasm, she hopped about the carpet without a word of greeting to anyone.
▪ The initial meeting attracted more than a hundred local lesbians and gays full of enthusiasm and curiosity.
general
▪ There are good historical reasons for this general lack of enthusiasm among the public at large.
▪ Sales were flat, touring was down and general enthusiasm was low.
▪ They await the general election with enthusiasm because they want this wretched Government out of office.
▪ Apart from these particular initiatives there was a general enthusiasm for the way in which fundholding had opened up communication with hospital colleagues.
great
▪ A passenger sitting next to me flung a coin into the river with great enthusiasm.
▪ I have the greatest enthusiasm for the mission....
▪ Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm.
▪ With their job security for the moment assured, employees began to approach their tasks with greater enthusiasm and concentration.
▪ We do not have great enthusiasm for the Bill.
▪ However, the economics of such systems are not viewed with very great enthusiasm.
▪ They set about this task with great enthusiasm.
▪ Michelle's vote seemed to be holding up, he reported, but there was no great enthusiasm for the President.
infectious
▪ This was not by drama, but by being around, and by being himself, and by an infectious enthusiasm.
initial
▪ Some three years on from that initial burst of enthusiasm and the corresponding outcry from the professional market much has changed.
▪ Their activity created some initial enthusiasm, but was found to be poor compared with quinine.
▪ FoE suggests that the initial enthusiasm for saving water may be short-lived.
little
▪ Labour, for instance, had taken up Britain's role East of Suez in 1964 with no little enthusiasm.
▪ They go about their tasks with little enthusiasm, hope, or urgency.
new
▪ There has been a new type of enthusiasm injected into the workforce by management and workforce alike.
▪ The workers liked the new system, and reflected new enthusiasm for their activities.
▪ Morris returned from that trip fired with a new enthusiasm for captaincy.
▪ Some members of management committees none the less throw themselves into their new role with enthusiasm.
real
▪ There was no real enthusiasm and we launched in the training programme in a rather unstructured way.
▪ With that came a real sense of enthusiasm and excitement.
▪ She was different, well informed and, still more attractive, she had a real enthusiasm for the idea of marketing.
▪ The weekend feasts hosted at our apartment were events I looked forward to with real enthusiasm.
▪ I sensed real enthusiasm and empowerment among some of the fundholders and discovered tangible improvements in patient care.
▪ At one point, Roker works up some real enthusiasm for a minus-19-degree weather record in Great Britain.
youthful
▪ For most purposes a rectangular distribution is the most desirable because it provides the appropriate mix of youthful enthusiasm and ageing experience.
▪ From time to time the main Party had to intervene to help out the youngsters or to curb their youthful enthusiasms.
▪ At present their sound has more to do with youthful enthusiasm than finesse.
▪ The outdated expression, plus his look of youthful enthusiasm, reminded Cassie briefly of stories she had read as a child.
▪ She had to the last a youthful enthusiasm, an erect carriage, and a firm step.
■ VERB
dampen
▪ But the defeat did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Biarritz folk.
▪ However, in a quiet way he probably did much to dampen ill-judged enthusiasm for Habbakuk.
express
▪ Tarses said Thursday that producers have expressed enthusiasm about including skits in all prime-time shows on the subject during the month.
▪ The actor was a little more obscure about expressing his enthusiasm for Gingrich.
▪ Everyone at Corinth expressed enthusiasm about the improved harmony and responsiveness in that arrangement.
fire
▪ Yesterday had been the group's first taste of real sunshine and comparative warmth and it had fired their enthusiasm.
▪ I loved him, and he really fired my enthusiasm for history.
▪ Many of the adolescents are fired with an inherent enthusiasm for education that they seek still more when they attain their majority.
▪ There are live presentations, to fire the enthusiasm of the thousands of schoolchildren who visit every morning throughout the year.
▪ And our gallant lads, fired with the wild enthusiasm of the moment, madly push up the hill.
▪ I left the University fired with enthusiasm to go to live in Moscow to practise the language.
▪ It was not only her matching handbag and high-heeled shoes which fired my enthusiasm.
generate
▪ Doyle talked with the fervour of a preacher and generated enough enthusiasm to fuel 10 teams.
▪ Some researchers feel it is important to let others generate enthusiasm for their ideas so that they remain aloof and objective.
▪ David Douglas wanted to generate the same enthusiasm and rigor in its other career clusters.
greet
▪ Later on, backstage, I am greeted with enthusiasm, as if I were a long-lost friend or something.
▪ He was greeted with ambivalent enthusiasm.
▪ He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went, and they were greeted with enthusiasm.
▪ The President made a rum effort at greeting her news with enthusiasm, but I could see he was crestfallen.
▪ It was a long document which took about forty minutes to read and it was not greeted with warm enthusiasm.
▪ Like all new schemes or revisions of old ones, this New Scheme was greeted with enthusiasm.
▪ X-rays were greeted with uncritical enthusiasm.
lose
▪ Subsequently, barbel fishing went through a slack period when interest was lost through an increased enthusiasm for game fishing.
▪ If the target time is protracted the operative may have difficulty in pacing and measuring output, and lose enthusiasm.
▪ Enthusiasm is closely linked with interest, for it is only when things cease to interest us that we lose enthusiasm.
▪ He had lost most of his enthusiasm for the idea by now.
▪ It seemed that the police, in Leipzig at least, had lost their enthusiasm for beating up citizens pressing for change.
share
▪ Not every-one shared our enthusiasm for Sheldrake's proposition.
▪ And students, too, do not seem to share Diamandopoulos' enthusiasm.
▪ Moscow's political elite does not share the popular enthusiasm for Putin.
▪ That he shares her enthusiasm for women and their struggle for equality reassures.
▪ See if you can find a vet who shares your enthusiasm.
▪ On the Glomar Challenger, and back on shore, Hall met others who shared his enthusiasm for the ocean floor.
▪ The researcher could share enthusiasms, be a shoulder to cry on and help brainstorm alternatives.
▪ I do not share your enthusiasm for trickle filters.
show
▪ Yet when interest rates fall, as they have done recently, they rarely show the same enthusiasm for cutting their rates.
▪ Always show a great enthusiasm, which inspires interest, because nobody wants to miss out on a good time. 5.
▪ Secondly, the notes show Marx's enthusiasm for the work of Morgan.
▪ It says here that you failed to show any sort of enthusiasm in the leadership drills.
▪ Mr Delors and his colleagues did show guarded enthusiasm for the proposal.
▪ Even Mme Guérigny showed some enthusiasm for work that would take Jean-Claude back to his roots.
▪ Not for the first time, the legate had shown more enthusiasm for papal power than the pope.
▪ She had certainly taken pains over her dinner party and Hywel had equally certainly shown no enthusiasm for it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crush sb's hopes/enthusiasm/confidence etc
work up enthusiasm/interest/courage etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Greta was full of enthusiasm for the plan.
▪ I'd forgotten about Jim's enthusiasm for going on 20-mile walks.
▪ She plays tennis with great enthusiasm, but not very well.
▪ The company has had another successful year, thanks to the enthusiasm and energy of our workforce.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Absent, too, is the zealous activism of a huge freshman class that entered Washington two years ago brimming with enthusiasm.
▪ Genetic control is now at the forefront of medical, scientific and state enthusiasm over the new reproductive technologies.
▪ His own enthusiasm for the Internet began by accident.
▪ It says here that you failed to show any sort of enthusiasm in the leadership drills.
▪ More than anything else, he feels sad, he feels drained of enthusiasm, he feels disappointed in the world.
▪ She had a great empathy with animals and vast enthusiasm for what she did.
▪ Well, not too radical actually, since trades unionists are not noted for their enthusiasm for rapid change.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm \En*thu"si*asm\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to be inspired or possessed by the god, fr. ?, ?, inspired: cf. enthousiasme. See Entheal, Theism.]

  1. Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.

    Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination.
    --Locke.

  2. A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.

    Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine.
    --Froude.

    Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness.
    --Bancroft.

  3. Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.

    Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
    --Emerson.

  4. Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.

    Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm.
    --Prescott.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
enthusiasm

c.1600, from Middle French enthousiasme (16c.) and directly from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos "divine inspiration, enthusiasm (produced by certain kinds of music, etc.)," from enthousiazein "be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy," from entheos "divinely inspired, possessed by a god," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + theos "god" (see theo-). Acquired a derogatory sense of "excessive religious emotion through the conceit of special revelation from God" (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized meaning "fervor, zeal" (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716.

Wiktionary
enthusiasm

n. 1 (context obsolete or historical English) possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy. 2 Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness. 3 Something in which one is keenly interested.

WordNet
enthusiasm
  1. n. a feeling of excitement

  2. overflowing with enthusiasm [syn: exuberance, ebullience]

  3. a lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing"

Wikipedia
Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is intense enjoyment, interest, or approval.

Usage examples of "enthusiasm".

Congress stood and clapped as she walked down the aisleway to the rostrum, though the Republicans, most of them, did so out of mere politeness, devoid of enthusiasm.

Without much enthusiasm, Krispos walked down the hard dirt aisleway toward the throne.

The appointment has largely been greeted with enthusiasm by the Wizarding community, though rumors of a rift between the new Minister and Albus Dumbledore, newly reinstated Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, surfaced within hours of Scrimgeour taking office.

I am very grateful to Rene Alegria, my editor at Rayo, so aptly named, for his unbridled enthusiasm and joie de vivre, which made writing this novel so much fun.

The servant in his enthusiasm and the importance of his mission told the Amalekite that he came from a prince of Egypt.

Whereas the Lutherans had stood for passive obedience and the Anabaptists for revolutionary communism, the Calvinists appealed to the independent middle classes and gave them not only the enthusiasm to endure martyrdom but also--what the others had lacked--the will and the power to resist tyranny by force.

From an anchorman that kind of thing was expected-a matter of noblesse obligeeven though, where Partridge was concerned, Sloane did it without any great enthusiasm.

Indeed, it is only after considerable time that we realise that this man speaking with the enthusiasm of a black magician is discussing the ability of Andrias to perceive colours and his ability to distinguish various shades.

The other Aristos followed his lead and drank, their decided lack of enthusiasm evident only in their minds, but intense enough from so many of them that it came through his fortified shields.

TANU strained to mobilize Tanzanians behind the Arusha principles, this homespun socialist vision evoked a spontaneous outpouring of enthusiasm from the outside.

It explored his fingers, snuffling and blowing its great breaths on him in evident enthusiasm, flicking its ears as it had with the dowager, seeming not offended that he had no treat for it.

Ronald said, as he looked at the prince as he was pacing up and down the deck with the Duke of Athole, talking rapidly, his face flushed with enthusiasm, his clustering hair blown backward by the wind.

As Audubon always did, he gathered enthusiasm when he thought about the goal and not the means by which he had to accomplish it.

He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm.

Perhaps that was why Boolean stood so firmly against them in spite of his own alleged lack of enthusiasm for the system.