desire to know
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- noun
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deseo de saber
- Children have an innate desire to know how things work and often ask many questions.
- satisfy the desire to know
- desire to know more
We have this innate biological desire to know not just about fertility, about our reproductive health.
- We have this innate biological desire to know not just about fertility, about our reproductive health.
- If we're going to be in relationship, isn't that in fact the true desire to know you deeply and to be known deeply?
- And this is strategic deception, like you're going to lean into people's gullibility or people's desire to know.
- We we do have a a desire to know that as humans, we we despise uncertainty.
- I think the first line of of, of a, of a metaphysics is familiar with all men desire to know.
Examples
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Part of friendship, you realize, is the burning desire to know what someone is up to.
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Recent state and national budget constraints have increased the public's desire to know that its tax dollars are being spent prudently.
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Your desire to know is so powerful.
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God wants us to be interested in Him and have a desire to know Him.
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Or you might say his desire to know is more active than his desire to love.
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" Naturally, you have a desire to know your real parents."
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So all human beings desire to know, but that, well, what do they want to know?
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Suddenly, he felt a desire to know just what it was that was so peculiar about her.
Fiction book (1991) -
The opportunity to learn freely, to satisfy the desire to know, will produce concomitant psychological benefits.
Academic text (1998) -
Reading is the basic information literacy skill, but it is the desire to know, to inquire, that sparks the desire to read.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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A feeling of wanting to know more about something
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A strong wish to learn or know things
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A strong wish to learn and understand new things
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A strong desire to learn new things
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A strong, lasting wish to learn new things
A strong wish to learn new things
A strong want to know or learn about things
Antonyms
How Curious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'desire' (an intense wish) with the infinitival complement 'to know' (to have knowledge of), so the meaning 'a wish or strong curiosity to learn something' is directly derivable from the parts. This noun + to-infinitive construction is a common, compositional pattern in English and parallels constructions in many other languages, making it immediately understandable to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Desire to know paints a clear picture: imagine someone lifting a curtain or peeking through a keyhole because they must see what is hidden. The image of desire (wanting) reaching for know (what is inside) shows the strong 'curiosity' that pushes people 'to learn', so the phrase means a powerful wish to find out or study something.