fond

fond [ fand ] adjective **

1. ) fond of liking and caring about someone very much, especially as a result of knowing them well or for a long time:

I was very fond of my Uncle Jim.

Are you fond of children?

a ) usually before noun loving:

a fond father

a fond embrace (=holding someone you love close to you)

a fond farewell (=goodbye): She bade a fond farewell to her parents and sister.

2. ) fond of MAINLY BRITISH getting enjoyment and satisfaction from something, especially often or over a long time:

fond of music/poetry

fond of doing something: Anita is fond of playing the piano.

fond hope/wish/dream etc.

1. ) something you very much want to happen:

It was their fondest hope that the children would do well at school.

2. ) in the fond hope that hoping that something will happen although it is not very likely:

I read theater reviews in the fond hope that I will find time to see a play.

fond memory

something that you remember with pleasure:

fond memory of: Jane has fond memories of a happy childhood.

╾ fond|ness noun uncount:

his fondness for fast cars