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yearn

(yûrn)

intr.v. yearned, yearn·ing, yearns

1. To have a strong, often sad longing: yearn for a better life; yearn to see an old friend.

2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.

[Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

yearn′er n.

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yearn

(jɜːn)

vb (intr)

1. (usually foll by: for or after or an infinitive) to have an intense desire or longing (for); pine (for)

2. to feel tenderness or affection

[Old English giernan; related to Old Saxon girnian, Old Norse girna, Gothic gairnjan, Old High German gerōn to long for, Sanskrit haryati he likes]

ˈyearner n

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yearn

(yɜrn)

v.i.

1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long.

2. to feel tenderness; be moved.

[before 900; Middle English yernen, Old English giernan, derivative of georn eager, c. Old Saxon, Old High German gern, Gothic -gairns desirous; akin to Greek chaírein to rejoice, Skt háryati (he) desires]

yearn′er, n.

syn: yearn, long, hanker, pine all mean to feel a strong desire for something. yearn stresses the depth and power of the desire: to yearn to begin a new life. long implies a wholehearted desire for something that seems unattainable: to long to relive one's childhood. hanker suggests a restless craving: to hanker after fame and fortune. pine adds the notion of physical or emotional suffering due to the real or apparent hopelessness of one's desire: to pine for a lost love.

yearn

Past participle: yearned
Gerund: yearning

Imperative
yearn
yearn

Present
I yearn
you yearn
he/she/it yearns
we yearn
you yearn
they yearn

Preterite
I yearned
you yearned
he/she/it yearned
we yearned
you yearned
they yearned

Present Continuous
I am yearning
you are yearning
he/she/it is yearning
we are yearning
you are yearning
they are yearning

Present Perfect
I have yearned
you have yearned
he/she/it has yearned
we have yearned
you have yearned
they have yearned

Past Continuous
I was yearning
you were yearning
he/she/it was yearning
we were yearning
you were yearning
they were yearning

Past Perfect
I had yearned
you had yearned
he/she/it had yearned
we had yearned
you had yearned
they had yearned

Future
I will yearn
you will yearn
he/she/it will yearn
we will yearn
you will yearn
they will yearn

Future Perfect
I will have yearned
you will have yearned
he/she/it will have yearned
we will have yearned
you will have yearned
they will have yearned

Future Continuous
I will be yearning
you will be yearning
he/she/it will be yearning
we will be yearning
you will be yearning
they will be yearning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been yearning
you have been yearning
he/she/it has been yearning
we have been yearning
you have been yearning
they have been yearning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been yearning
you will have been yearning
he/she/it will have been yearning
we will have been yearning
you will have been yearning
they will have been yearning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been yearning
you had been yearning
he/she/it had been yearning
we had been yearning
you had been yearning
they had been yearning

Conditional
I would yearn
you would yearn
he/she/it would yearn
we would yearn
you would yearn
they would yearn

Past Conditional
I would have yearned
you would have yearned
he/she/it would have yearned
we would have yearned
you would have yearned
they would have yearned

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Verb	1.	yearn - desire strongly or persistently hanker, long pine, yen, yearn, ache, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
	2.	yearn - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" pine, yen, ache, languish die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
	3.	yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for cherish, hold dear, treasure, care for - be fond of; be attached to

yearn

verb (often with for) long, desire, pine, pant, hunger, ache, lust, crave, covet, itch, languish, hanker after, have a yen for (informal), eat your heart out over, set your heart upon, suspire (archaic or poetic), would give your eyeteeth for He yearned for freedom.

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yearn

verb

1. To have a strong longing for:

ache, covet, desire, hanker, long, pant, pine, want, wish.

Informal: hone.

2. To experience or express compassion:

ache, commiserate, compassionate, feel, pity, sympathize.

Idioms: be sorry, have pity.

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yearn

[jɜːn] VI to yearn for [+ native land, person] → añorar; [+ freedom] → anhelar
to yearn to do sth → anhelar hacer algo, ansiar hacer algo

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yearn

(jəːn) verb

to feel a great desire; to long. to yearn for an end to the war.anhelar

ˈyearning noun

(a) strong desire. anhelo

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