fan

fan
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noun
1 enjoys watching/listening to sb/sth very much
ADJECTIVE
adoring, ardent, avid, big, dedicated, devoted, great, huge, keen (esp. BrE), loyal, number-one, real, true

I'm a big fan of Italian food.

one of the team's biggest fans

The singer says her dad is her number one fan.

lifelong, long-time
diehard, hard-core

Only diehard Tolkien fans will enjoy this book.

obsessive, rabid (humorous, esp. AmE)

a film that millions of rabid fans have waited years to see

The actress is asking the court to protect her from an obsessive fan.

casual (esp. AmE)
armchair (BrE)

For armchair fans back home, it was one of the highlights of the Olympics.

baseball, basketball, cricket, football, racing, rugby, soccer, sports, etc.
jazz, music, rock, etc.
film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE)
home (esp. BrE)

The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.

away (BrE), travelling (BrE), visiting (esp. BrE)
opposing, opposition (BrE), rival (esp. BrE)

There were clashes between opposing fans after the game.

VERB + FAN
be, become

I'm a big fan of her music.

delight, please, satisfy

The big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans.

attract
alienate
disappoint, let down

Fans will not be disappointed.

FAN + VERB
flock, gather, turn out, turn up

Tennis fans flocked to Wimbledon.

More than 40 000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event.

pack sth, pack into sth

Over 120 000 fans packed into the stadium.

line up (esp. AmE), queue (BrE), queue up (BrE), wait
watch sth
applaud (sb/sth), boo (sb/sth), chant sth, cheer (sb/sth)

Over 25 000 fans applauded both teams off the field.

clamour/clamor (for sth)

Hundreds of fans clamoured/clamored to catch a glimpse of the star.

FAN + NOUN
club, site, website
letter, mail
fiction

I have a piece of fan fiction on their website.

base

The show has an extensive and loyal fan base.

2 machine that creates a current of air
ADJECTIVE
electric
cooling
extractor
ceiling, overhead
FAN + VERB
blow

a fan blowing cold air

FAN + NOUN
belt, blade, heater (esp. BrE)
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verb
Fan is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fire, ↑flame

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  • Fan — /fan, fahn/, n., pl. Fans, (esp. collectively) Fan. Fang. * * * I Rigid or folding handheld device used for cooling, air circulation, or ceremony or as a sartorial accessory throughout the world from ancient times. As evidenced by Egyptian… …   Universalium

  • Fan — or FANS may refer to the following: Ventilation A device to agitate or move air or other gasThe human powered Fan (implement) is a hand held implement used by waving it back and forth.Motor powered Fans: mechanical fans such as oscillating fans,… …   Wikipedia

  • Fan — (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fan — [ fan ] n. • 1923, répandu apr. 1950; mot angl., abrév. de fanatic → fanatique (3o) ♦ Anglic. Jeune admirateur, jeune admiratrice enthousiaste (d une vedette de la chanson). Club des fans. Une fan d Elvis Presley. ⇒ groupie. ⊗ HOM. Fane. ● fan… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Fan Ye — (historien) Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Sources 3 Voir aussi 3.1 Liens externes // …   Wikipédia en Français

  • fan — fan1 [fan] n. [ME fanne < OE fann < L vannus, basket for winnowing grain < IE base * wē , to blow, flutter > WIND2, WINNOW] 1. Historical a device for winnowing grain 2. any device or machine used to set up a current of air for… …   English World dictionary

  • fan — FAN, fani s.m. (livr.) Admirator entuziast, pasionat, al unei vedete, al unei mişcări artistice; simpatizant. – Din engl., fr. fan. Trimis de tavilis, 24.05.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  fan s. m., pl. fani Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar… …   Dicționar Român

  • Fan — Fan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van} a winnowing machine.] 1. To move as with a fan. [1913 Webster] The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fan-in — is the number of inputs of an electronic logic gate. For instance the fan in for the AND gate shown below is 3. Logic gates with a large fan in tend to be slower than those with a small fan in, because the complexity of the input circuitry… …   Wikipedia

  • Fan — Sm begeisterter Anhänger erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Kunstbildung. Entlehnt aus ne. fan, einer Kurzform von ne. fanatic, zu ne. fanatic Adj. schwärmend, eifernd , dieses aus l. fānāticus.    Ebenso nndl. fan, ne. fan, nfrz. fan, nschw. fan, nnorw. fan.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Fan Ye — (chinesisch 范曄, W. G. Fan Yeh; * 398; † 445) war ein chinesischer Historiker, der das Buch der Späteren Han zusammenstellte. Fan Ye gehörte zum mittleren Beamtenstand der Liu Song Dynastie. Sein Großvater war Chef eines Verwaltungsbezirkes… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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