"Yearn" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

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"Yearn" Meaning

To feel a strong and often unfulfilled desire for something.

Example: "She yearned for adventure and travel, but her job required her to stay in one place for years."

"Yearn" Examples

5 Usage Examples for the Word "Yearn"


1. Expressing a Strong Desire

I have always yearned to travel to Japan the moment I graduate from college.

2. Having a Longing for Something

She yearned for a family of her own, but her busy career stood in the way.

3. Showcasing a Deep Aspiration

For years, I've yearned for the day I could retire and live overseas.

4. Expressing a Quest for Something

The protagonist in the novel yearned for redemption and true love, which drove her throughout the story.

5. Society-Focused Example

The community's youth yearn for safe living conditions, better education, and job opportunities in their impoverished area.

"Yearn" Similar Words

Yeaning

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The word "yeaning" is a verb that means to breed (especially female cattle) and give birth to offspring that live. It can also mean to prepare or start to bring forth (something new or creative), to be swelling or growing in size, shape, or amount.<br><br>Example: "For up to a year before a calf is due to be born, a cow will often yean to prepare for birth."

Yeanling

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A yealing is a young elk or red deer, typically in its second year of life, before reaching adult size and developing its characteristic set of antlers.

Year-round

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Year

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A period of 365 or 366 days, reckoned from a given date or from the same date in a preceding or following year.

Yearbook

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A book kept annually to record and commemorate events, victories, and notable facts of the past 12 months of a school, club, corporation, company, athletic team, etc.

Yearling

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A yearling is a young animal, typically a mammal, that is one year old. This term is often used in reference to livestock, such as cattle or sheep, that are weaned from their mothers but not yet at breeding or mature age. The term can also be used in general to describe any young animal in its first year of life.

Yearlings

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Yearlings refer to animals, typically livestock such as cattle, sheep, or goats, that are one year old. They are young animals that are still in their first year of life and typically still in the process of growing and developing.

Yearly

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Happening or done once a year, typically at the same time as the anniversary of a particular event. For example, a yearly holiday or yearly appointment.

Yearned

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To have a strong desire or longing for something; to feel a deep or intense yearning for something or someone.

Yearning

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A feeling of a strong and persistent desire for something. It is often accompanied by a sense of longing, yearning, or eagerness for something that is lacking and desirable. This desire can be for a specific object, situation, experience, or person.

Yearningly

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Having or showing a strong and often sad desire or longing for something or someone.

Yearnings

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Noun<br><br>A strong and often unfulfilled desire or longing, especially for something that one has lost or cannot have.

Yearns

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To feel a strong and often sad desire for something that one does not have, such as a person, a place, a situation, or a feeling.

Years

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Years are units of time measurement that represent a period of 365 or 366 days, depending on whether it is a leap year or a common year, respectively.

Yearth

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The word "yearth" is an error, a mix-up of the words "year" and "earth". The correct spelling is simply "earth", which refers to our planet.

Yeas

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In favor of a proposition or a choice; affirmative. Sincere or genuine; not hypocritical.