earnest meaning
EN
[ˈɝnɪst] [ˈɜːnɪst] 
US WEarnest
- Earnest may refer to:
- People:
- Amber Earnest, internet celebrity
- Earnest Byner (born 1962), former National Football League (NFL) running back
- Charles Earnest Moody (1891–1977), American gospel song writer and performer
- Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), early advertising innovator
- Earnest Graham (born 1980), NFL running back
- Earnest Gray (born 1957), former NFL wide receiver
- Earnest Hooton (1887–1954), American physical anthropologist
- Earnest Jackson (born 1959), former NFL running back
- Earnest Mudzengi, Zimbabwean politician
EN Earnest 
- NounPLearnestsSUF-est
- Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
- Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to jesting or feigned appearance); fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
- A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
- Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
- VerbSGearnestsPRearnestingPT, PPearnested
- (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.
- (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.
- AdjectiveCOMearnesterCOMmore earnestSUPearnestestSUPmost earnest
- Serious in speech or action; eager; urgent; importunate; pressing; instant.
- Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavour; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; — used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
- Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
- Possessing or characterised by seriousness; strongly bent; intent.
- an earnest disposition
- Strenuous; diligent.
- earnest efforts
- Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; not trifling or feigned; important.
- Serious in speech or action; eager; urgent; importunate; pressing; instant.
- More Examples
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In 2012 a better financial agreement between Catalonia and Spain was also refused, and a recentralisation of previously devolved powers began in earnest.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
Definition of earnest in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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- Adjectives
- en earnestly
- en earnestness
- en earnests
- en earnested
- en earnester
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "earnest" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.