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# passion

noun (passion, uncountable; a passion, passions); the Passion (church)

«passion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#m1)
2. A strong love or enthusiasm for an activity or subject: a passion for football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#m2)
3. (church) The Passion: the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross, remembered by Christians especially at Easter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and school, people talk about their passions: hobbies and subjects they love. In stories, passion shows strong feeling: «she spoke with passion». In religious education and church life, the Passion is the story told on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, and in musical «Passions» by Bach.

### Examples

- Her passion is horse riding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x1)
- He spoke with passion about saving the rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x2)
- Find your passion and practise it every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x3)
- Christians remember the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x4)
- Our choir sang music from Bach's St Matthew Passion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x5)
- Dad has a passion for old cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x6)
- The football fans sang with passion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x7)
- Her father flew into a passion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable for the feeling, countable for a hobby or love (my passions). Adjective: passionate. Related: passion fruit (a fruit named after the Passion of Jesus because of its flower). The word comes from Latin «pati», to suffer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «passion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«passion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/passion.html) on Mova free.