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" Going to Africa was being able to take my volunteering and my passion for hospice one step further."
Torrey DeVitto

Meaning of "passion" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASSION

Via French from Church Latin passiō suffering, from Latin patī to suffer.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PASSION

ˈpæʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of passion in the English dictionary

The first definition of passion in the dictionary is ardent love or affection. Other definition of passion is intense sexual love. Passion is also a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSION

antifashion · ashen · compassion · deration · desideration · dispassion · fashion · impassion · outpassion · ration · refashion · Wakashan

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSION

passing place · passing shot · passing tone · passing-out parade · passingly · passion fruit · passion killer · Passion play · Passion Sunday · Passion Week · passional · passionary · passionate · passionately · passionateness · passionflower · passionless · passionlessly · passionlessness · passions

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSION

admission · commission · compression · confession · conversion · depression · discussion · emission · expression · impression · mission · obsession · permission · possession · pression · profession · progression · session · submission · suppression · transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of passion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PASSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «passion» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «passion» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PASSION

Find out the translation of passion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of passion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passion» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

热情
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pasión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

passion
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जुनून
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عِشْقٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

страсть
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

paixão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আবেগ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

passion
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Semangat
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Leidenschaft
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

熱情
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

열정
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Semangat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đam mê
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பேரார்வம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आवड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tutku
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

passione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

pasja
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пристрасть
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

pasiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

passie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lidenskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of passion
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «passion».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passion

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PASSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word passion.
1
Keith Belling
My passion for snacking and search for a great tasting, better-for-you snack sparked my interest in creating what has become popchips.
2
Andrea Bocelli
To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
3
Nolan Bushnell
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.
4
Damien Chazelle
There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
5
Kelsey Chow
Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.
6
Sidney Crosby
The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, no matter what I did in life, my parents always told me to try to do my best at it and be my best. I can say going through different things that that passion is the most important part. It's not skills or talent or any of that stuff.
7
Meryl Davis
Charlie and I discovered at a really young at that we had a passion for figure skating, and I think that passion drives us to work every day to improve and grow. We have really learned to love our sport more and more, year to year. And the hard work really pays off.
8
Torrey DeVitto
Going to Africa was being able to take my volunteering and my passion for hospice one step further.
9
Madhuri Dixit
Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
10
Pete Docter
Work hard! In the end, passion and hard work beats out natural talent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSION»

Discover the use of passion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel.
Jeanette Winterson, 2007
2
Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under ...
Using her own life as an example, Elliot guides singles of both genders and of any age on how to put their love lives under the authority of Jesus Christ. "The book you're holding tells a very moving love story. It's honest. It's practical.
Elisabeth Elliot, 2002
3
The Passion of Michel Foucault
Based on extensive new research and a bold interpretation of the man and his texts, The Passion of Michel Foucault is a startling look at one of this century's most influential philosophers.
James Miller, Jim Miller, 2000
4
Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for ...
Provides teachers with guidance on creating not only skilled readers but chidlren who enjoy reading both inside and outside of the classroom.
Steven L. Layne, 2009
5
A passion for teaching [electronic resource]
This book is a celebration and an acknowledgement of the various forms of intellectual, physical, emotional and passionate endeavours in which teachers at their best engage.
Christopher Day, 2004
6
The Passion According to G.H.
A disoriented and confused young woman looks back on her life and her place in the world."
Clarice Lispector, 1988
7
The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting
This reinterpretation of acting theories in light of the history of science examines acting styles from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century and measures them against prevailing conceptions of the human body and its inner ...
Joseph R. Roach, 1985
8
Follow Your Passion, Find Your Power: Everything You Need to ...
Follow Your Passion, Find Your Power is a down-to-earth, no-hype, motivational approach to take control of your life and get the things you want.
Bob Doyle, 2011
9
Passion and Craft: Economists at Work
Autobiographical essays from twenty top economists at mid-career
Michael Szenberg, 1998
10
A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, ...
The intimacy between Nin and Miller, first disclosed in Henry and June, is documented further in this impassioned exchange of letters between the two controversial writers. Edited and with an Introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.
Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Passion defend IWFL title
ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Passion defended its Independent Women's Football League championship with a wild 41-37 victory against the Utah ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Couple behind Let it Go from Frozen introduces passion project they …
Busy Brooklyn parents best known for writing the Academy Award winning song from Frozen 'Let it Go' are coming out with a passion project ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Boston pitcher remembers drive, passion that got him into Hall of Fame
Today, an arduous journey that began in a simple shack on the hills outside the capital of the Dominican Republic ends on the bucolic lawn ... «The Keene Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
A passion for downtown
After 12 years serving as the executive director of Downtown Sanford Inc., David Montgomery will step down to transition into a new position ... «Sanford Herald, Jul 15»
5
'Bronchitis/pneumonia' forces Passion Pit to miss two festival …
Passion Pit's third LP 'Kindred' was released earlier this year. The band are set to continue to tour the album in Japan and Australia in August. «NME.com, Jul 15»
6
Scott Lees turns passion into action
Passion of the Pinebelt is not simply another shelter or soup kitchen. The organization tries to give homeless individuals the tools to get ... «Hattiesburg American, Jul 15»
7
Alonso admits F1 passion has cooled
Alonso admits F1 passion has cooled. AFP. Last updated 15:41, July 26 2015. Formula One driver and former world champion Fernando Alonso has admitted ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Soccer match celebrates slain officer's passion for game
EDMONTON - The inaugural Woodall Cup, a charity soccer match between members of the Edmonton Police Service and a team of British ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
9
Turning passion into profit
What travel enthusiast doesn't dream about using his love of the open road to create a revenue stream that will fund future adventures? «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
Book review | The Gods of Tango: Argentine passion lifts immigrant's …
It's a novel of grand gestures and heightened emotions, and if its plot isn't always credible, it still has enough passion to sweep a reader along. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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