Dictionary Definition
dear adj
2 with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a
good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [syn:
good, near]
3 earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes
for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: devout, earnest, heartfelt]
4 having a high price; "costly jewelry";
"high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a
pricey restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced,
pricey, pricy]
Noun
2 a sweet innocent mild-mannered person
(especially a child) [syn: lamb] adv
1 with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he
treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately]
2 at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food";
"this cost him dear" [syn: dearly]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
dere, from deore. Confer Dutch duur, German teuer Swedish dyr.Homophones
Adjective
Translations
loved; lovable
- Czech: drahý, milý
- Finnish: rakas
- German: lieb
- Hebrew: יקיר
- Hungarian: drága, kedves
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خۆشهویست
- Russian: дорогой, милый
- Slovene: drag, draga, drago
high in price; expensive
- Czech: drahý
- Finnish: kallis
- German: teuer
- Hebrew: יקר (yaqar)
- Hungarian: drága
- Russian: дорогой
- Slovene: drag, draga, drago
precious to or greatly valued by someone
- Finnish: rakas, arvokas, tärkeä
- German: teuer
- Hungarian: drága, kedves
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئازیز
- Russian: дорогой, ценный
- Slovene: drag, draga, drago
a formal way of addressing somebody at the
beginning of a letter
a formal way of addressing somebody one likes or
regards kindly
- ttbc Bulgarian: любим
- ttbc Catalan: estimat , estimada
- ttbc Croatian: mio, drag
- ttbc Dutch: beste (5), geachte (4), lieve (1), duur (2), van grote waarde (3)
- ttbc Esperanto: kara
- ttbc Estonian: kallis
- ttbc French: cher, chère
- ttbc Greek: αγαπημένος (agapiménos), αγαπητός (agapitós)
- Guaraní: ayhupára (t-)
- ttbc Italian: caro , cara
- ttbc Indonesian: tersayang, kesayangan
- ttbc Interlingua: car
- ttbc Japanese: 愛しい (いとしい, itoshii), 恋しい (こいしい, koishii); 高い ((2,3)
- ttbc Malay: sayang
- ttbc Old English: swǣs (1)
- ttbc Polish: drogi (1,2,3,4,5), kochany (1,3,4,5)
- ttbc Portuguese: caro , cara , querido , querida
- ttbc Telugu: ప్రియమైన (priyamaina)
- ttbc Thai: ที่รัก(teerak)
- ttbc Turkish: sevgili, sayın, değerli
Noun
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
a very kind, loving person
- German: Liebste, Liebster, Teuerste, Teuerster
Irish
Pronunciation
- lang=ga|[dʲaɾˠ]
Verb
- To draw (design).
Conjugation
Mutation
Extensive Definition
is a Japanese manga series created by Japanese
mangaka Cocoa
Fujiwara. It was first serialized in the shōnen manga
magazine
Monthly Gangan Wing in June 2002, published by Square Enix.
Currently, twelve volumes have
been released in Japan. dear is set in the same world as Fujiwara's
other work, Watashi
no Ookami-san.
dear in Japanese: dear
dear in Chinese: dear 親愛的
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admired, adored, affectionate, angel, at a premium, at great
cost, at great expense, at heavy cost, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, beloved object, beyond
price, buttercup,
cherished, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, costly, crush, darling, dear one, dear-bought,
dearly, dearly beloved,
deary, devoted, doll, doting, duck, duckling, esteemed, expensive, fancy, favored, favorite, fond, golden, good as gold, heartthrob, held dear,
high, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child,
honored, inestimable, invaluable, lamb, lambkin, light of love, love, loved, loved one, lover, lovesome, luxurious, not affordable, of
great cost, of great price, pet, petkins, popular, precious, precious heart,
premium, priceless, pricey, prized, revered, rich, snookums, steep, stiff, sugar, sumptuous, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, top, treasure, treasured, truelove, unpayable, valuable, valued, venerated, well-beloved,
well-liked, white-haired, worthy