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appetite

noun · /AP-uh-tite/

An appetite is how much you feel like eating. It can also mean a strong wish for something, like adventure or learning.

In a sentence

  • "After soccer practice, Leo had such a big appetite that he ate two sandwiches and an apple."
  • "Nina had an appetite for mysteries, so she checked out three detective books from the library."

Dictionary definition · appetite

noun

  1. a feeling of craving something"an appetite for life"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).