"hold dear" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: holds dear [present, singular, third-person], holding dear [participle, present], held dear [participle, past], held dear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> dear}} hold dear (third-person singular simple present holds dear, present participle holding dear, simple past and past participle held dear)
  1. (transitive) To value highly; to care about greatly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: cherish, treasure, prize Translations (Translations): pitää arvossa (Finnish), vaalia (Finnish), cenić [imperfective] (Polish), doceniać [imperfective] (Polish), docenić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hold_dear-en-verb-jSOeLkoo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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