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Term: desperate

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Feeling or showing a sense of hopelessness and despair.

Usage:

After searching for hours, the hiker was desperate to find a way back to the trail.

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Sense 2:

Reckless or dangerous due to a lack of caution or regard for consequences.

Usage:

The desperate act of jumping off a moving train was a last-ditch effort to escape the authorities.

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Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1:

To feel or show extreme urgency or a sense of despair.

Usage:

She was desperate for the opportunity to prove herself in the new job.

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Sense 2:

To be in a state of extreme need or distress.

Usage:

The flood victims were desperate for clean water and shelter.

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Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

Someone who is in a state of despair or extreme need.

Usage:

The charity organization helped many desperate who had lost everything in the natural disaster.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Sense 1:

Extremely or intensely.

Usage:

The young girl clung desperately to her mother's hand in the crowd.

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