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santach — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • covetous adj Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
  • eager adj Keen and enthusiastic to do or have something.
  • grasping adj Greedy and overly eager for money or possessions.
  • greedy adj Wanting or taking more than one needs, especially money, food, or power.

Senses

santach is used for these senses in English:

  • covetous Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
  • eager (comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
  • grasping Greedy, eager for wealth.
  • greedy Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

eager — full definition

  1. adj Keen and enthusiastic to do or have something.
  2. adj In computing, evaluating an expression immediately rather than deferring it until needed.

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