eagle
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A large, powerful bird of prey with a hooked beak and very sharp eyesight.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
eeguhlSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈiɡəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
golf
A score of two strokes under par on a hole
Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
A number of places in the United States
A number of other townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Minnesota, and Ohio (3), listed under Eagle Township.
verb
golf
To score an eagle.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
Used this way, eagle is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. It turns up most in family or home and personal or emotional discussion contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Strong
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Warm and admiring
- Usage feel
- Everyday but emotionally strong
Where it naturally appears
- Family/home
- Personal/emotional discussion
- Literature/storytelling
Usage note
Eagle is emotionally heavy: it suggests deep or lasting feeling, not a passing mood, so it can overstate a small reaction.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use eagle
- “An eagle soared high above the mountains, looking for prey.”
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins.
A Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges.
Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.
Of southeast Europe and central Asia.
Large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck.
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