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Definition of Dear
Dear

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.

Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.

Of agreeable things and interests.

Of disagreeable things and antipathies.

A dear one; lover; sweetheart.

Dearly; at a high price.

To endear.

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Dear Quotations

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Benjamin Franklin

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
William Shakespeare

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.
Samuel Johnson

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.
Benjamin Franklin

Dear Translations

dear in Afrikaans is geag, duur
dear in Dutch is geacht, gezien
dear in Finnish is kallis
dear in French is cher
dear in German is liebe, lieb, lieb, lieber, sehr geehrte
dear in Italian is caro
dear in Latin is carus
dear in Portuguese is caro
dear in Spanish is estimado, caro


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