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Meaning of dear in English

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dear
They haven't a clue that they are doing so, poor dears, but that doesn't destroy the fact that they are.
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The poor old dears in the fixed income group are disappointed in the party opposite.
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There is no precedent whatever for instructing an authority—an authority, mark you—to do all that it can to secure, poor dears.
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There is a great mistake which one often dears in talking about scientific teaching.
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I ask myself what the poor dears have done wrong.
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We should not fool ourselves into believing that these old people are delightful dears that one wants to be with all the time.
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Dearing made it clear that university research infrastructure had been allowed to run down.
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I think that dears that point.
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I suppose that parents like them because they want somewhere where they can get rid of the little dears for a few hours and a playgroup will do.
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Dearing feared that, if the student contribution was raised by the abolition of maintenance grant, the money might never reach the higher education institutions at all.
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Dearing identified a funding gap of £8 billion.
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Dearing looked studiously at the problem.
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Dearing recommended that, in the forthcoming financial year, an additional £350 million should be put into universities and, in the following year, the figure should be £565 million.
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She rejects his advances unless he destroys the things dearest to him: a tower he has inherited and his favourite falcon.
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The land is the dearest thing that we have.
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Translations of dear

in Chinese (Traditional)
親愛的, 親愛的,心愛的, 可愛的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
亲爱的, 亲爱的,心爱的, 可爱的…
in Spanish
querido, cariño, querido/ida [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
querido, caro, prezado…
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प्रिय, लाडका, लाडकी - प्रेम असलेली किंवा आवडणारी व्यक्ती…
親愛なる(手紙の書出しで名前の前に加える), 大事な, 高価な…
sayın, sevgili, tatlı…
cher/chère, mon chéri / ma chérie, cher…
benvolgut, estimat, car…
duur, lief, dierbaar…
மிகவும் நேசிக்கும் அல்லது விரும்பக்கூடிய, நீங்கள் கடிதம் எழுதும் நபரை வாழ்த்துவதற்கு அதன் தொடக்கத்தில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, கோபம்…
प्यारा, प्रिय, डियर…
પ્રિય, પ્યારું, ડીર…
dyr, kær, dyrebar for…
dyr, rar, gullig…
mahal, penyayang, sangat disayangi…
teuer, lieb, Liebe/Lieber…
kjære, kjær, god…
پیارا, عزیز, چہیتا…
дорогий, чарівний, чудовий…
дорогой/дорогая …! (обращение в письме), дорогой, близкий…
బాగా ప్రేమించన లేదా నచ్చిన, డియర్, ప్రియమైన…
عَزيز(تـ)ي, عَزيز, ثَمين…
প্রিয়, ভালোবাসার বা পছন্দের, আপনি যাকে লিখছেন তাকে শুভেচ্ছা জানাতে একটি চিঠির শুরুতে ব্যবহৃত হয়…
drahý, milý, milovaný (kým)…
mahal, tersayang, disayang…
มีค่า, ซึ่งเป็นที่รักยิ่ง, ซึ่งเป็นที่รัก…
đắt đỏ, đáng yêu, rất được quý trọng…
drogi, szanowny, bliski…
편지 앞부분에 -씨께, 사랑하는, 비싼…
caro, cara, adorabile…
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