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keen English

Meaning keen meaning

What does keen mean?
Definitions in simple English

keen

If you are keen on something you like that thing. If something is keen it is very good.

keen

An Irish cry of sadness for a dead person.

keen

To cry for a dead person.

keen

(= acute, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions an acute observer of politics and politicians incisive comments icy knifelike reasoning as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang penetrating insight frequent penetrative observations having a sharp cutting edge or point a keen blade a funeral lament sung with loud wailing (= cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument a cutting wind keen winds knifelike cold piercing knifelike pains piercing cold piercing criticism a stabbing pain lancinating pain (= exquisite) intense or sharp suffered exquisite pain felt exquisite pleasure (= lament) express grief verbally we lamented the death of the child (= bully, great, neat, smashing) very good he did a bully job a neat sports car had a great time at the party you look simply smashing

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Topics keen topics

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Conjugation keen conjugation

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keen · verb

Examples keen examples

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Simple sentences

David has a keen interest in aesthetics - the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
I was keen on classical music in my school days.
Bob is keen to pass the examination.
The kid has a keen sense of hearing.
The knife has a keen blade.
The dog has a keen scent.
I am not keen on this kind of music.
I am not keen on anything that is after life.
He seemed to be very keen on music.
She seemed to be very keen on music.
Dogs have a keen sense of smell.
She has a keen business sense.
A fence between makes love more keen.
That young man is very keen on cycling.
I have a keen interest in politics.
The students pay keen attention.
Japanese parents are not keen to talk about their own children.
She is keen to go abroad.
She is keen on birds and flowers.
You have a keen sense of direction.
Flies have a keen sense of smell for decaying matter.

Movie subtitles

That's hardly a crime. Reverend Greene, on the other hand, well, you were always keen to play.
I'm not terribly keen either, but it's what the FCC have asked for.
Elizabeth Keen is not your wife, she's your target.
How long has Mr. Keen been inside?
Then how do you plan on getting keen out of that concrete box?
I'm telling you, Keen. He used us.
You want to tell me what's going on with Agent Keen?
I was just washing my car, because everything has to be in top shape in these days of keen competition.
He was always so keen to tell me about his experiments.
Indeed it is, sir. His Majesty is a very keen gardener.
You'll be keen on the house.
You keen on tennis?
Make no mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind.
It's a Chinese boat, and I'm not so keen on taking a Chinese boat so I figure I'll be saving time if I catch a coastline freighter to San Francisco and make new connections there.
I'm telling you, Keen.
Just how keen are you on this idea?
I'm keen, all right.
I'm not so keen on cards.
I am really awfully keen to see the old place.
You starve them a little to make them keen.
You'll be keen on the house. Shade trees.
A keen observation, my dear Holmes, but observe further that you are now in my hands and I have profited by my last mistake by allowing underlings to attend to you.
No, not me, Dr. Watson, with his keen sense of observation.
Then how do you plan on getting Keen out of that concrete box?
Keen is in the lead.
Keen is still loose.
What's going on with Agent Keen?
Gee, you were keen.
It's keen. Now, you three march yourselves into the kitchen.
You keen on tennis? - Well, not particularly.
My dear chap, I'm really sorry, but I wasn't too keen about dying.
I admire your keen perception.
And she's frightfully keen on croquet, you know, and the only perfume she ever uses is cologne water.
Anyway, since you're so keen to muck up the kid's chances, it's OK by me.
Here's their angle. The Captain isn't very keen for the assignment, having fallen for somebody else in the meantime.

News and current affairs

We need to convince each other that the fight against this common enemy has to be fought with a keen eye to balancing the needs of security with those of human and minority rights.
Third, foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds may be keen to keep buying up euros to hedge against risks to the US and their own economies.
Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler in place of his incapacitated half-brother King Fahd, is keen to be seen as a champion of reform.
But, like the Republicans, the Democrats, too, are keen to shower tax cuts on their major campaign contributors, predominantly rich Americans.
Not surprisingly, Chinese leadership was keen to avoid any reference to the last two centuries of struggle and humiliation, or to its problematic political agendas and thorny trade issues.
Always keen to assert the freedom to insult Muslims, the Dutch Freedom Party wants to ban all mosques.
They seek intelligence, honor, and a keen sense of the public interest and the public welfare.
Even Western bosses keen on China, it appears, are finding it hard nowadays to praise Jiang, as he crushes the Falun Gong spiritual movement by imprisoning or confining its members to psychiatric hospitals.
Syria has a keen interest in being invited into an US-led settlement with Israel.
The European Union, after a three-year spat with President Bush, is keen to be regarded as a world player to be reckoned with.
They maintain a keen interest in the public's eyes and ears - and thus in each other.
Even healthy economies like South Korea are keen to weaken their currencies, leaving the US alone in its willingness to tolerate significant currency appreciation.
Yet no country, rich or poor, is keen to cut its energy use, owing to concern that to do so would threaten jobs, incomes, and economic growth.
As a former mandate power, France had always had a keen interest and presence in Lebanon, and its influence has been deepened by the close personal rapport between President Jacques Chirac and Lebanon former Prime Minister, the late Rafiq Hariri.
But there is also keen awareness that the EU's hope for a special relationship with Brazil must not be allowed to hinder regional integration or worsen asymmetries and imbalances within the bloc.
Whatever other goals lay behind the Iraq war, the Bush Administration seems keen to line the pockets of its cronies and to capture increased control over Middle East oil and pipeline routes.
The Kazakhs are keen to sell their oil and gas to the West at the very moment that the European Union is anxious to shed its dependence on Russian supplies.
Kazakhstan's historical ties to Russia and its geographical proximity to China have caused a keen competition between those two countries for influence.
Everyone seems keen to prove that the city's air will be a decisive and debilitating factor for one of the world's most high-profile sporting events.
But there are more potential supporters of Brexit: some keen European Unionists who have found the UK's often-obstructive membership increasingly annoying.
In assessing America's strength, China follows US debates on the merits of a uni-polar or a multi-polar world with keen interest.
The EU is keen to restore or establish human rights, stability, and prosperity.
Brazil, Turkey, and, yes, Iran are all clearly keen to demonstrate their political and foreign-policy independence.
Fortunately for East Asia, most seem to approach power with a keen sense of duty and a commitment to strengthening their countries.

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