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Hunger Açlık Noun  /ˈhʌŋɡə(R)   Uncountable B2  Hunger  State

Level B2 
Kind noun
Front hunger 
IPA  /ˈhʌŋɡə(r)   / noun
Back açlık
Back 2

hunger (noun)

 /ˈhʌŋɡə(r)   / noun
 
 1 [uncountable]
the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death
açlık
 In the Third World many people die of hunger each year.
 look at THIRST
 2 [uncountable]
the feeling caused by a need to eat
açlık
 Hunger is one reason why babies cry.
 3 [singular]
hunger (for sth)
a strong desire for sth
açlık, arzu
 a hunger for knowledge/fame/success
 

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