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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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Meaning of "voracious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VORACIOUS

From Latin vorāx swallowing greedily, from vorāre to devour.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VORACIOUS

voracious  [vɒˈreɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VORACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Voracious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VORACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of voracious in the English dictionary

The definition of voracious in the dictionary is devouring or craving food in great quantities. Other definition of voracious is very eager or unremitting in some activity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VORACIOUS


araceous
əˈreɪʃəs
arboraceous
ˌɑːbəˈreɪʃəs
burseraceous
ˌbɜːsəˈreɪʃəs
butyraceous
ˌbjuːtɪˈreɪʃəs
camphoraceous
ˌkæmfəˈreɪʃəs
ceraceous
sɪˈreɪʃəs
cichoraceous
ˌsɪkəˈreɪʃəs
cyperaceous
ˌsaɪpəˈreɪʃəs
droseraceous
ˌdrɒsəˈreɪʃəs
furfuraceous
ˌfɜːfjʊˈreɪʃəs
lauraceous
lɔːˈreɪʃəs
oleraceous
ˌɒləˈreɪʃəs
papaveraceous
pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs
papyraceous
ˌpæpɪˈreɪʃəs
passifloraceous
ˌpæsɪflɔːˈreɪʃəs
piperaceous
ˌpɪpəˈreɪʃəs
stercoraceous
ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs
unveracious
ˌʌnvəˈreɪʃəs
veracious
vɛˈreɪʃəs
zinziberaceous
ˌzɪnzɪbəˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VORACIOUS

voraciously
voraciousness
voracity
voraginous
vorago
vorant
Vorarlberg
Vorlage
Voronezh
Voroshilov
Voroshilovgrad
Voroshilovsk
vorpal
Vorster
vortex
vortex drag
vortex ring
vortex shedding
vortex street

WORDS THAT END LIKE VORACIOUS

atrocious
audacious
auspicious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
efficacious
ferocious
gracious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
spacious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
tenacious
unconscious
vicious

Synonyms and antonyms of voracious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VORACIOUS»

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

Translation of «voracious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VORACIOUS

Find out the translation of voracious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of voracious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «voracious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ávido
570 millions of speakers

English

voracious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेटू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ненасытный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voraz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাইয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gefräßig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貪欲な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게걸스러운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெருவேட்கையுள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधाशीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żarłoczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ненаситний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vorace
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδηφάγα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gulsige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glupsk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glupsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voracious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VORACIOUS»

The term «voracious» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VORACIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «voracious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «voracious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «VORACIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word voracious.
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J. M. Coetzee
I read a great deal as a child. A lot of children go through a phase of reading in a literally voracious way. It is their primary imaginative activity. Maybe that's an experience which is not so common any more with the presence of television in every home.
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Eric Allin Cornell
My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.
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Deborah Harkness
I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.
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Iris Johansen
I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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Christopher McQuarrie
While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.
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Christopher Nolan
In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.
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Autumn Reeser
When I was little, I was a voracious reader, and that really led me to acting as well. I loved being transported into someone else's life, and that's what reading provided me. I also really love to entertain people.
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Pierre Salinger
President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.
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Simon Schama
By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly in place in Europe.
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Amish Tripathi
I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VORACIOUS»

Discover the use of voracious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voracious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Voracious
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Alice Henderson, 2009
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Simply Voracious
Lucinda Haymore is still reeling from the cruel betrayal of a vile seducer.
Kate Pearce, 2012
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Voracious Idols and Violent Hands: Iconoclasm in Reformation ...
This 1995 book explores the acts of iconoclasm as the means to recover the participation of ordinary Christians in the Reformation.
Lee Palmer Wandel, 1999
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Voracious Children: Who Eats Whom in Children's Literature
This book examines the literary, religious, and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects of the English Civil War.
Carolyn Daniel, 2006
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Those Voracious Vultures
Introduces the physical characteristics, diet, and behaviors of vultures.
Marta Magellan, 2008
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Voracious: Best New Australian Food Writing
This is the first volume of an annual series that celebrates the best in newly commissioned food writing.
Paul McNally, 2011
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The Voracious Volcano Mystery
"Includes volcano science, history, trivia, safety, ring of fire, and more"--P. [4] of cover.
Carole Marsh, 2008
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The Hundred Year Diet: America's Voracious Appetite for ...
A cultural history of America's weight-loss industry reveals how the nation's preoccupation with deprivation and weight started long before fast-food lifestyles, revealing how the country developed poor nutritional habits and food attitudes ...
Susan Yager, 2010
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Voracious
V.K. Forrest. walk on the boardwalk?” He motioned toward the bay. “It's only two blocks.” She nodded her consent. He threw his bag into his car. They stopped for the coffee and then walked the last block to the boardwalk in silence. By the time  ...
V.K. Forrest, 2013
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Garner's Modern American Usage
A. And voracious. A vociferous person is loud, noisy, and clamorous; a vociferous crowd is characterized by unrestrained yelling. A voracious person or animal, meanwhile, devours food ravenously; a voracious reader has an insatiable desire ...
Bryan Garner, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VORACIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term voracious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Capitalist Soul Rises as Ho Chi Minh City Sheds Its Past
For the young and increasingly affluent, Saigon is a city that does not want to look back, loves having fun and perhaps most of all is voraciously capitalistic. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Too voracious so SC had to intervene: CM
PANAJI: "The Supreme Court had to intervene because we were too voracious without understanding the ecological balance (consequences). Mining activity ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Laura Myers had a voracious appetite for reporting, adventure
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Laura Myers takes a cellphone photo Aug. 30, 2012, at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Convention ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»
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In Search for Escapees, Voracious Bugs, Poisonous Plants and …
CADYVILLE, N.Y. — These rolling woods, just miles from the New York State prison where two convicted killers escaped a week ago, can be brutally unforgiving ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Voracious carnivores caught knocking back sugary flower nectar
They like their meat, genets and mongooses do, but they also like to wash it down with a slug of flower nectar every now and then. Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen ... «New Scientist, Jun 15»
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HIV's Voracious Appetite For Sugar Is Its Achilles' Heel
Researchers hoping to find an Achilles' Heel to attack the HIV virus say they may have identified one in the virus' "sweet tooth," a voracious appetite for sugar. «Tech Times, Jun 15»
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2015 Voracious Dining Guide
It's hard not to love spring in Seattle, but for me it's all the better because it means I get to work on—and deliver to you—our annual Voracious Dining Guide. «Seattle Weekly, May 15»
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It's open season on Patagonia's voracious, disruptive ... beavers?
Even furry, seemingly friendly creatures like beavers can become big problems when dropped into an ecosystem with no predators to keep them in balance. «PRI, May 15»
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Friday Cephalopod: Sexually voracious!
Friday Cephalopod: Sexually voracious! Posted by PZ Myers on April 24, 2015. More ». vampire_squid1. I am sure that's exactly what you think when you see a ... «ScienceBlogs, Apr 15»
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Mayweather/Pacquiao at Quality Athletics, Voracious Tasting …
It's not too late to get your tickets for tonight's Voracious Tasting & Awards put on by yours truly, Seattle Weekly--featuring dozens of restaurants, food + beer ... «Seattle Weekly, Apr 15»

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