(n.) One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
(2) The Nazi extermination of Jews in Lithuania (aided enthusiastically by local Lithuanians) was virtually total.
(3) Since then, Republican activists and enthusiasts have been energised and polls have tightened.
(4) Life exists in the noisy grey bits between a 'no' and full, enthusiastic consent.
(5) People like me argued that's an analytical error, that the most enthusiastic deepeners will be the new member states, and we were three-quarters right.
(6) So when he came to tell me, he said, "Don't get too enthusiastic, it has nothing to do with your abilities, it's to do with the fact that they have just raised the expatriate allowances."
(7) In contrast, we are less enthusiastic about thrombolytic therapy for distal small vessel thrombosis or embolism because complete clot lysis was achieved in only one of five patients.
(8) He has opinions on everything, and he hurls them at you so enthusiastically, so ferociously, that before long you feel battered.
(9) Netanyahu can be expected to enthusiastically support a tougher Trump line .
(10) The new defence minister, Augustin Bizimana, enthusiastically carried on arming the Interahamwe.
(11) The project provided experiential learning and interdisciplinary interactions that were enthusiastically received by the students.
(12) Russia was less enthusiastic about an area out of reach of its bombers, insisting on fighters going one way and civilians the other.
(13) And it has proved too forgiving of welfare abuse, too obsessed with universal human rights, and too enthusiastic about immigration.
(14) Nadella pleases ValueAct – see this enthusiastic statement today – which has been until now Microsoft's biggest critic.
(15) He found Margaret Thatcher far more enthusiastic and he was invited to a Downing Street reception where he met the chairman of a small City bank.
(16) It positioned Labour much more to the left, David Cameron's Tories a little more to the right, and the Liberal Democrats as the sole enthusiasts for a previously overcrowded centre.
(17) Sakowicz, witness to tens of thousands of murders at the Ponar (Paneriai) site outside Vilnius, recorded accurately that most of the killers were enthusiastic locals.
(18) He says the president is ready to embrace the results "enthusiastically" and accept the will of the people.
(19) However visitors to benm.at – an iPhone and iPod touch enthusiasts' website – can download a profile that instantly activates the tethering system free of charge.
(20) This use of MR imaging has been enthusiastically accepted by orthopedic surgeons, and the assessment of musculoskeletal trauma has emerged as one of the most commonly utilized applications of this diagnostic method.
Prosumer
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Over the past decade millions of consumers have become prosumers, producing and sharing music, videos, news, and knowledge at near-zero marginal cost and nearly for free, shrinking revenues in the music, newspaper and book-publishing industries.
(2) MakerBot also unveiled a “prosumer” 3D printer, the new Replicator with more advanced features similar in scope to those found on traditional 2D paper printers and a larger build volume than the Replicator Mini.
(3) A growing legion of prosumers is producing and sharing information, not only knowledge, news and entertainment, but also renewable energy, 3D printed products and online college courses at near-zero marginal cost on the collaborative commons.
(4) The drone, which costs £429.99, is the first “prosumer” model made by the company, enabling hobbyists to emulate the sort of drone photography shared on websites such as Dronestagram.