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beloved
English
Etymology
belove +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- Predicative adjective and past participle
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: b?-l?vd, IPA(key): /b??l?vd/
- Rhymes: -?vd
- Hyphenation: be?loved
- Attributive adjective and noun
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: b?-l?v??d, IPA(key): /b??l?v?d/
- Rhymes: -?v?d
- Hyphenation: be?lov?ed
Adjective
beloved (comparative more beloved, superlative most beloved)
- Much loved, dearly loved.
Translations
Noun
beloved (plural beloveds)
- Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
Translations
Verb
beloved
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of belove.
Alternative forms
- belovèd (poetry)
- belov'd
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dear
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /di??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Homophones: deer, Deere
Etymology 1
From Middle English dere, from Old English d?ere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”).
Adjective
dear (comparative dearer, superlative dearest)
- (generally dated) High in price; expensive.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act IV Scene 1
- There's more depends on this than on the value.
- The dearest ring in Venice will I give you,
- And find it out by proclamation:
- Only for this, I pray you, pardon me.
- 1902, Briquettes as Fuel in Foreign Countries (report of the United States Bureau of Foreign Commerce):
- This water is sold for 50 cents per ton, which is not dear under the circumstances.
- 1966, The Beatles, When I'm Sixty-Four
- Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant Of Venice, Act IV Scene 1
- Loved; lovable.
- So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- Lovely; kind.
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
- (obsolete) Noble.
Derived terms
Related terms
- darling
Translations
Noun
dear (plural dears)
- A very kind, loving person.
- My cousin is such a dear, always drawing me pictures.
- A beloved person.
- An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
- Pass me the salt, would you dear?
Synonyms
- (kind loving person): darling
Derived terms
- oh dear
- the dear knows
Translations
Verb
dear (third-person singular simple present dears, present participle dearing, simple past and past participle deared)
- (obsolete) To endear.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)
Derived terms
- bedear
Adverb
dear (comparative more dear, superlative most dear)
- dearly; at a high price
Interjection
dear
- Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
- Dear, dear! Whatever were they thinking?
See also
- oh dear
- dear me
Etymology 2
From Middle English dere (“fierce, severe, hard, deadly”), from Old English d?or, d?r (“brave, bold; severe, dire, vehement”), from Proto-Germanic *deuzaz. Cognate with the above
Adjective
dear (comparative more dear, superlative most dear)
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- (obsolete) Fierce.
Translations
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
Anagrams
- 'eard, DARE, Dare, Rade, Read, Reda, ared, dare, rade, read
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d?a??]
Verb
dear (present analytic dearann, future analytic dearfaidh, verbal noun dearadh, past participle deartha)
- To draw (design).
Conjugation
Mutation
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