Words / B2

AP-it-yt/ˈæpɪtaɪt/

An appetite is a desire for food, or a strong wish for something: lose your appetite; an appetite for reform. Hunger is the food twin; craving is stronger and more specific (already related). An appetite for reform still needs a named bill. Mix-up: appetite vs apprentice; petite. Do not write appetite for a legal duty with no desire in the source.

Meaning

A desire for food, or a strong wish for something (an appetite for reform).

Examples

• “An appetite for reform still needs a named bill, the politics extract said.”
• “Patients lost their appetite in the case notes, which is the food-desire sense.”

Good to know

lose / spoil your appetite; an appetite for + noun. Food twin: hunger. Stronger: craving. Trap: apprentice. Health, politics, and news. Desire for food, or a strong wish — specify.

Near in meaning

hunger, craving, desire

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