"set store by" meaning in All languages combined

See set store by on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> store by}} set store by (third-person singular simple present sets store by, present participle setting store by, simple past and past participle set store by) Forms: sets store by [present, singular, third-person], setting store by [participle, present], set store by [participle, past], set store by [past], put [alternative], keep [alternative], by [alternative], in [alternative], on [alternative], great [alternative], much [alternative]
  1. (idiomatic) To believe that something is very necessary or important; to value highly. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: lay store by, put store by, put store in Translations (believe that something is very necessary): 重視 /重视 (zhòngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), pitää tärkeänä (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "form": "great",
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    },
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      "form": "much",
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          "ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: Commanding presences”, in Modern Railways, pages 292–293:",
          "text": "[...] we rather wonder whether too much store is set on intellectual as against executive ability as a pre-requisite in the good railway officer.",
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        {
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        },
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          "sense": "believe that something is very necessary",
          "word": "重視 /重视"
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          "sense": "believe that something is very necessary",
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        }
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      "form": "set store by",
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      "form": "set store by",
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    {
      "form": "keep",
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    },
    {
      "form": "on",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "great",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "much",
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      ],
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    {
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngshì",
      "sense": "believe that something is very necessary",
      "word": "重視 /重视"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "believe that something is very necessary",
      "word": "pitää tärkeänä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set store by"
}

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