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Dear in a sentence

Dear | Dearly | Dearth | Dearborn | Dearest | Dearness | Dearing | Dearden | Dearer

Dear meaning

  1. High in price; expensive.
  2. Loved; lovable.
  3. Lovely; kind.

Synonyms of Dear

beloved dearly pricey high-priced costly sincere heartfelt earnest devout close near good loved darling pricy

Dear vertaling naar Nederlands

beste geachte hooggeachte weledele waarde lieve

Using Dear

  • The main meaning on this page is: High in price; expensive. | Loved; lovable. | Lovely; kind.
  • Useful related words include: beloved, dearly, pricey, high-priced.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: beste, geachte, hooggeachte.
  • In the example corpus, dear often appears in combinations such as: and dear, my dear, dear friend.

Example sentences (20)

Give my blessings to my Dear Harriet, my Dear Mary, my Dear Betsy & to my Dear little stranger The Blighs' fourth child, another daughter, born a few months after Lt. Bligh sailed from England.

Beloved husband of Aldyth, dear step-father of Anita and Dan and Damien and Dawn, loving grandfather to Lemmy, Kieren, Sam, Jack, Kai, Taryn and Max and a dear great-grandfather.

Beloved husband of the late Elaine, much loved dad of David and Louise, dear father-in-law of Karen and John, beloved grandad of Abigail and Jack, dearly loved son of Marion and the late Roy and a dear brother and brother-in-law.

He was preceded in death by his dear brothers: Ferdinando, Beniamino, Felice and Alessandro Martignetti and his dear sisters, Emanuella Martignetti and Lucia Musto.

Addressing “dear Joe and dear Jill,” he spoke of the “spirit of 1776” that is always in the air when the French and Americans gather, an allusion to France’s decisive support for a nascent United States during the Revolutionary War.

Another said: 'My dear dear Matilde.

Beloved husband of Beryl, much loved dad of Howard and Ashley, dear father in law of Denise, cherished and loved grandad of Edward, George, Alexander, Victoria and Elizabeth and dear great grandad of Ellis.

Dearly loved wife of the late Michael, much loved mother of Tim, Nick and Penny, dear mother in law of Suzanne, Emilia and Jonty, loving grandmother of Tom, Lucy, Ben and Harry, and a dear friend to all who knew her.

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Dear Mr. President, my dear Brother.

Dear’s federal public defenders challenged the order in part because it allows force to also be potentially used to get Dear to take medication or undergo monitoring for any potential side effects to his physical health.

Loving son of Ann and the late Barrie, dad of Kacey, dear brother of Karen, Kevin and the late Denise, brother-in-law to Barry and Vicky, uncle to Garry, Danny, Elouise and Charlotte, great-uncle to Olivia and a dear friend to many.

The dearly loved husband of the late Pauline, much loved and devoted dad of Georgina, treasured grandad of Simon & April, Eva, Issac, Clara, Mark & Jade, Leo and the late Martin, very dear father-in-law of Russell and a dear uncle.

These “love letters” are more intriguing than the ones heard in Ken Ludwig’s “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” which made its debut in Washington in 2019 and is produced locally every so often.

And dear, dear Leo Messi, the serene Leo, the serene lion of Barcelona and Argentina, what is he going through now?

Dear Comrade Review: The day I become more important to you than cricket, Vijay Deverakonda tells Rashmika at a key moment in Bharat Kamma's Dear Comrade.

The letter, which had “Dear Tooth Fairy” crossed out and was addressed to “Dear mum and dad”, said “yes we know it’s you.

Slate Plus members get more Dear Prudence every week: more answers from Prudie, full-length episodes of the Dear Prudence podcast, and a host of other benefits—and they help support Slate’s journalism.

We’ve lost so many of our dear dear friends – and it always hurts.

For example, in the sentence "The black cat sat on a dear friend of mine", the noun phrase the black cat serves as the subject, and the noun phrase a dear friend of mine serves as the complement of the preposition on.

Legacy "Elementary, my dear Watson" render The phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" is never uttered by Holmes in the sixty stories written by Conan Doyle.

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Common combinations with dear

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dear" in a sentence?
An example: "Give my blessings to my Dear Harriet, my Dear Mary, my Dear Betsy & to my Dear little stranger The Blighs' fourth child, another daughter, born a few months after Lt. Bligh sailed from England." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dear" from authentic English texts.
What does "dear" mean?
Dear means: High in price; expensive.
What are synonyms of "dear"?
Common synonyms of "dear" include: beloved, dearly, pricey, high-priced, costly, sincere, heartfelt, earnest. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "dear" in Dutch?
"dear" translates to Dutch as: beste, geachte, hooggeachte, weledele, waarde.
How many example sentences with "dear" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dear", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.