passion
part of speech
noun (passion, uncountable; a passion, passions); the Passion (church)
meaning for a pupil
1) A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement. tree →
2) A strong love or enthusiasm for an activity or subject: a passion for football. tree →
3) (church) The Passion: the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross, remembered by Christians especially at Easter. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and school, people talk about their passions: hobbies and subjects they love. In stories, passion shows strong feeling: «she spoke with passion». In religious education and church life, the Passion is the story told on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, and in musical «Passions» by Bach.
examples
- Her passion is horse riding. tree →
- He spoke with passion about saving the rainforest. tree →
- Find your passion and practise it every day. tree →
- Christians remember the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. tree →
- Our choir sang music from Bach's St Matthew Passion. tree →
- Dad has a passion for old cars. tree →
- The football fans sang with passion. tree →
- Her father flew into a passion. tree →
note
Uncountable for the feeling, countable for a hobby or love (my passions). Adjective: passionate. Related: passion fruit (a fruit named after the Passion of Jesus because of its flower). The word comes from Latin «pati», to suffer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «passion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.