fond

«fond» in Mova's school dictionary: to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (fond, fonder, fondest)

meaning for a pupil

1) To be fond of someone or something means to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma". tree →

2) Fond means loving and warm: "a fond smile", "fond memories". tree →

3) Fond of doing something means liking to do it often: "he's fond of telling jokes". tree →

4) A fond hope or belief is a foolish one that is unlikely to come true. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a fond look or fond memory shows love and happy feelings; "fondest wishes" ends letters. In everyday life "I'm not very fond of broccoli" is a polite way to say you dislike it. Phrases: fond of, fond memories, fondest wishes, grow fond of.

examples

• I'm very fond of my little brother. tree →
• We have fond memories of our holiday by the sea. tree →
• She gave the puppy a fond pat. tree →
• He's fond of telling long stories. tree →
• I'm not very fond of spinach. tree →
• The children grew fond of their new teacher. tree →
• With fondest wishes, Grandma. tree →
• Madame was so very fond of Bellissima. tree →

note

Usually "fond of" + noun or -ing. Comparison: fonder, fondest. Noun: fondness. "I'm not fond of" is a soft, polite way to say "I don't like". Fond (liking) is not "found" (past of find).

In the corpora

• He hated disappointing people, and he was fond of the Mole».
• The book calls the man a «gipsy» and says gipsies were «very fond of horse-dealing».
• Mole — and the terrible grey Badger, who is really rather fond of children.
• It can be cross, surprised or fond, so you watch the face, not the word.
• In Scotland "wee" means small, so "wee man" is a fond way to say "little lad".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fond» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.