passionpas‧sion /ˈpæʃən/ ●●○ W3 noun 
His eyes were burning with passion.passion for her passion for a married man2[countable, uncountable] a very strong belief or feeling about somethingwith passion He spoke with considerable passion about the importance of art and literature. The issue arouses strong passions.3[countable] a very strong liking for somethingpassion for his passion for football Gardening was her great passion.4fly into a passion literary to suddenly become very angry → crime of passion at crime(5)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesgreat passion· The orchestra plays with great passion.strong passions· In this area, the issue has already stirred strong passions.verbsarouse/stir passions (=cause strong feelings in people)· The case aroused passions throughout the country.phrasespassions run high (=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3adjectivesa great passion· Birds were my great passion.a lifelong passion· His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood.a consuming passion (=a very strong interest, or something you are very interested in)· The young Wordsworth had a consuming passion for poetry.· For years, acting and the stage had been his consuming passion.verbshave a passion for something· She had a passion for music.indulge your passion for something (=do something that you enjoy doing very much)· The money enabled him to indulge his passion for horses.
WORD ORIGINpassion
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Late Latin passio ‘suffering’, from Latin pati ‘to suffer’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a sermon full of passion and inspiration
- Acting is Turturro's passion.
- All the passion in their marriage has died.
- Despite his passion for Carolyn, Mark never seriously considered leaving his wife for her.
- He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.
- He throws himself into his art with a creative passion.
- She hated her ex-husband with a passion.
- There is a common prejudice in this country that Italians display their passions more readily than the English.
- All of this may help to explain why I support with passion the reforms proposed by David Blunkett earlier this week.
- I remember my teacher dutifully emphasizing that the two were, indeed, married before they consummated their passion.
- In 1987, the consensus is that everything must be stamped with soul and franked with passion.
- Man himself has a passion for power that brings on a strange and noxious malady.
- Stewart was a versatile artist; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career.
- Who will protect minorities against the passions and tyranny of the popular majority?
- Wives in the land of the Rising Sun enjoy half as many nights of passion as their Western sisters.
THESAURUS
an activity that you enjoy, and that you like to spend time doing when you are not working: · Stamp collecting has been a hobby of mine since I was a child.· We had to write an essay about our hobbies.
something that you are interested in and like doing or talking about: · Her interests were the same as most young girls – pop music, boys and clothes.
especially written something that you do because it is enjoyable or interesting: · Gardening was her mother's favourite pastime.· In England talking about the weather is a national pastime (=something that a lot of people in a country do).
something that you feel extremely interested in and care a lot about: · Football was his passion.· For the French, food is a passion.
formal an activity that you spend time doing – used especially in the following phrases: · The hills and lakes are used for a variety of outdoor pursuits.· Her son wasn't really interested in academic pursuits.· Mountaineering, golfing, and fishing were among his leisure pursuits
noun [uncountable] a feeling of liking someone very much and caring a lot about them – used about people in your family, or someone you feel sexually attracted to: · All children need love, attention, and encouragement.· We don’t need words to express our love for each other.
noun [uncountable] a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family: · My mother never showed us us any affection.· Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.
noun [uncountable] very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc: · His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and family
noun [uncountable] a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: · He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.· There was no passion in their relationship.
noun [countable, uncountable] a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well: · She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.· His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.· a childhood infatuation
noun [uncountable] the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to: · The romance had gone out of their relationship.· In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the Internet.
noun [countable] a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them: · She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers.· I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up.· a schoolgirl crush
Longman Language Activatora feeling of happiness, anger, fear etc something that you feel, for example happiness, anger, or fear: · It was a wonderful feeling to be home again.express your feelings: · Many men find it hard to express their feelings.a feeling of horror/sadness/accomplishment etc: · Regular exercise gives a feeling of accomplishment.· After less than a week away, he began to have feelings of homesickness.
a strong serious feeling such as love, hate, or anger that is often difficult to control: · She stared at him, overcome by emotion.· Parents feel a mixture of emotions when their first child starts school.
a particular kind of feeling, especially one that affects your behaviour: · He felt a huge sense of relief after he finished his last exam.· Children need to be given a sense of security.· Both sides admitted there was a sense of urgency to end the strike quickly.· He hated working for his father-in-law but he did it out of a sense of duty to his wife.
a strong and deeply felt emotion, especially a strong feeling of sexual love for someone or a strong belief in an idea or principle: · He throws himself into his art with a creative passion.· There is a common prejudice in this country that Italians display their passions more readily than the English.passion for: · Despite his passion for Carolyn, Mark never seriously considered leaving his wife for her.with a passion: · She hated her ex-husband with a passion.
to like something very much especially spoken to like something very much. Adore is stronger but less common than love: · We had a great time at Disneyland. The kids loved it.· I adore chocolate -- I could live on it.love/adore doing something: · The older men loved hearing about Russ's success on the football field.· Jessie adored being the centre of attention.
also be mad about something British informal to be extremely interested in an activity and spend a lot of time doing it or watching it: · Jonah's crazy about basketball.· She's always been mad about horses.
to like something very much, especially something that you own or use, so that you would be upset if you lost it: · Mom gets very attached to her pets.· Casey had become quite attached to the comforts of his London home.
to like an activity very much, because it gives you a lot of pleasure or excitement: · From a very early age he had a passion for fast cars.· To be a great performer, you have to work very hard and have a passion for the music you play.
to enjoy doing something so much that you do it, watch it etc as often as you can and feel that you cannot stop doing it: · My son's addicted to computer games - he hardly ever comes out of his room.be addicted: · I started watching the show out of curiosity, but now I'm addicted!
something that you like all the things you like and do not like: · She never lets her personal likes and dislikes affect the way she treats people.· Employees were asked about their likes and dislikes, and also about how they felt about their working conditions.
something that you are deeply interested in and which you like so much that you are always excited about it: · Donna's latest passion is cooking and eating Mexican food. somebody's great/first love: · My father's great love was fishing.
a feeling of love a feeling of love , either for someone that you are sexually attracted to, or for a member of your family: · All children need love, attention, and encouragement.love for: · She was never able to express her love for Henry.unrequited love (=romantic love that you feel for someone, but that they do not feel for you): · She nourishes a secret, unrequited love for Harry.
a gentle feeling of love for a friend or member of your family, which makes you want to be kind to them and show them that you love them: · She never seemed to show us any affection.· children who have been starved of affectionaffection for: · Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.
a strong feeling of loving and being loyal to someone, especially over a long period of time: · She had given her husband years of devotion and support.· Mary expected complete devotion from her lovers.
a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: · All the passion in their marriage has died.· He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.
unreasonably strong feelings of love that you have for only a short time, especially for someone that you do not know very well: · She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.infatuation with/for: · His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2adjectives He was no longer in the first flush of youth. Football remains the ruling passion of many men.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The orchestra plays with great passion.
· In this area, the issue has already stirred strong passions.
verbs (=cause strong feelings in people)· The case aroused passions throughout the country.
phrases (=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.
Meaning 3adjectives· Birds were my great passion.
· His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood.
(=a very strong interest, or something you are very interested in)· The young Wordsworth had a consuming passion for poetry.· For years, acting and the stage had been his consuming passion.
verbs· She had a passion for music.
(=do something that you enjoy doing very much)· The money enabled him to indulge his passion for horses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a strong feeling of interest, or something you are extremely interested in) During this period, politics became his consuming interest.
During this period, politics became his consuming interest. He was no longer in the first flush of youth. Football remains the ruling passion of many men.· Biscoe is a saxophone virtuoso of great lyricism, passion, stamina, and considerable versatility.· His great passion is for the life of the mind.· But birds were my great passion.· Great determination only occurs when there is great passion.· The Amazon basin breeds great passions such as Roberto's.· And yet great passions, or the tendency to them, seemed to run in the family.· They had a great passion for women, a great passion for each other, a great passion for music and trains.· Yet these tales of great passion also attract me.
· Flitting from one flower to the next, whichever looked the most tempting, but totally incapable of feeling any real passion.· Eliza heard real passion in his voice.· These are consummate performances of neo-bop, and Ambrosetti plays with real imagination and passion.· His real passion was for order and control.· But beers are his real passion and around two years ago he began filling his shelves with an ever-increasing selection.
· The missing don certainly seemed to inspire strong passions, Loretta reflected.
NOUN· Add the passion fruit, gelatine and Armagnac or brandy.· Specifically, it is citrus vodka, orange passion fruit liqueur, and a hint of sweet and sour.· Serve either in the little dishes garnished with whipped cream and passion fruit or turn them out into plates.· Dance off that burnt passion fruit tart with fresh mango and prickly pear to get a head start on 2001 resolutions.· Never has a passion fruit tasted sweeter.· Zimmermann Graeff's Exotic Buck's Fizz is made with delicious tropical fruit juices including pineapple and passion fruit.· The most popular include apricot, blackcurrant, cinnamon, lemon and orange, passion fruit, peach and spice.· Serve the purée in a pool around 2 scoops of ready-made sorbet such as passion fruit.
VERB· It arouses all forms of passion.· Neither slinky dresses nor thigh-throttling jeans and undulating cleavage seem to arouse the slightest passion into those zombies on the terraces.· The case aroused passions in Norfolk and across Britain.
· You can hardly claim she was consumed by passion.· Her heart clenched inside her as she thought of Guido and the dizzy, consuming passions he aroused in her.· And it's more fun now than when we were consumed by white-hot passion.
· And Green had developed a passion for a university law student he met at work in Salford, Greater Manchester.· Jessica Dubroff developed a passion for airplanes and horses in her short life.· Coleridge developed a passion for Sarah Hutchinson, her old schoolfriend.· But as an adolescent he developed a passion for the theatre, first in the form of puppets, then ballet.· She represented her house, Nightingale, at swimming and netball and developed her lifelong passion for dance.
· Now he satisfies that passion for exploration through flying and boating.· She still worries about losing everything, but knows she has found a lifelong passion in flying.
· Here he was able to indulge a growing passion for literature, but not poetry, he recollects.· Jermyn reminisces about a certain woman with whom he once indulged his passion and vanity.· But instances like the Primitives get rarer and already one feels ashamed for indulging such backward passions.· Turn to the Net to indulge your passion.
· They shared Chamberlain's passion for efficiency but, unlike him, were in principle opposed to private ownership of the economy.· E-mail also is an important way that the Net connects strangers who share personal passions.· Cranmer shared the Tudor passion for religious uniformity, but was mild in persecution.· He is married, with three children, and the Bettmans share a passion for skiing.· I never shared my family's passion for horses.· Martin, like himself an introspective, thoughtful young man who shared a passion for debating and an intolerance toward religion.· Oh, and they share a passion for football, too.· Despite their differing backgrounds, the three share a passion for books and ideas.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] a very strong feeling of sexual love: - And was it really the crime of passion that Wilde eloquently records?
- She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
His eyes were burning with passion.passion for her passion for a married man2[countable, uncountable] a very strong belief or feeling about somethingwith passion He spoke with considerable passion about the importance of art and literature. The issue arouses strong passions.3[countable] a very strong liking for somethingpassion for his passion for football Gardening was her great passion.4fly into a passion literary to suddenly become very angry → crime of passion at crime(5)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesgreat passion· The orchestra plays with great passion.strong passions· In this area, the issue has already stirred strong passions.verbsarouse/stir passions (=cause strong feelings in people)· The case aroused passions throughout the country.phrasespassions run high (=people are very excited, angry, or upset)· The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3adjectivesa great passion· Birds were my great passion.a lifelong passion· His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood.a consuming passion (=a very strong interest, or something you are very interested in)· The young Wordsworth had a consuming passion for poetry.· For years, acting and the stage had been his consuming passion.verbshave a passion for something· She had a passion for music.indulge your passion for something (=do something that you enjoy doing very much)· The money enabled him to indulge his passion for horses.