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Jack
What’s the difference between desired and desirable?
If possible, please give me some examples and compare them.
1 sept. 2021 03:53
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Desirable means that it has qualities that you think would make a lot of people want it. There's generally a lot of agreement about what things are desirable.
When you say something is desired, you are saying that it would make a particular person want it.
Example:
Being in good physical shape is desirable.
Cindy wants to loose 5kgs to reach her desired weight.
They are both natural and used, desirable is simply more general than desired.
1 septembre 2021
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1 septembre 2021
Desirable refers to a property of an object or activity or person. Desired refers to such an object, activity, or person being the subject of one or more person's desire.
Example: The car is desirable because of its excellent quality. The car is desired by many people.
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
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