zeal
$ \mathrm{zeal} /ziːl/
noun
uncountable, countable (formal)
​zeal (for/in something) great energy or enthusiasm connected with something that you feel strongly about
her missionary/reforming/religious/political zeal
He burned with a reforming zeal.
She had a true zeal for journalism.
She went about the task with the zeal of an enthusiast.
a crusading zeal to eradicate drug abuse
their zeal in the promotion of education
TOPICS Personal qualities C2
Collocations
adjective
great, excessive, crusading
verb + zeal
burn with, have, show
preposition
with zeal, zeal for, zeal in
Word Origin
late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek zēlos.
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