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Definition of yearn verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

yearn

 verb
verb
NAmE//yərn//
 
[intransitive] (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they yearn
 
he / she / it yearns
 
past simple yearned
 
-ing form yearning
 
 
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to want something very much, especially when it is very difficult to get synonym long yearn (for something/somebody) The people yearned for peace. There was a yearning look in his eyes. yearn to do something She yearned to escape from her office job.
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