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dear

adjective as in beloved, favorite

adjective as in very expensive

noun as in beloved person

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Example Sentences

We can still value the fact that, for many years, this person was a dear friend.

Finding the right college you can afford, dear reader, is within your grasp.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore.

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JoAnn Fields watched the funerals of two dear friends and leaders in the Filipino community in the last week of January.

Many minutes are spent explaining to dear Aunt Helen how to unmute, telling Uncle Bob that we can't see his head, or asking a cousin to move the yapping puppy farther from the microphone.

If it should be said these are general remarks, let it be remembered that they are the dear-bought, result of experience.

For a flea, my dear-gentlemen may bring that theirselves; but a b——-, that's a stationary, and born of a bed.

So they decided to take it in to the dear-mother and have her explain it to them.

But, hark ye, dear-my-soul, make thou no haste; there is room for all.

The singer came rushing down a branch, bristled up, blustering, and calling "Dear-r-r-r!"

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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dear, such as: close, darling, familiar, intimate, pet, and cherished.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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