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  2. 3 days ago · Definition of 'friend' friend. (frend ) countable noun. A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you. [...] See full entry for 'friend' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Example sentences. dear friend.

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  3. 1. : highly valued : precious. a dear friend. Our friendship is very dear to me. ran for dear life. often used in a salutation. dear Sir. 2. : affectionate, fond. 3. : high or exorbitant in price : expensive. eggs are very dear just now. 4. : heartfelt. our dearest prayers. 5. obsolete : noble. dearness noun. 2 of 5.

  4. Add to word list. Add to word list. loved or greatly liked: She’s a dear friend. Dear is used at the beginning of a letter to greet the person you are writing to: Dear Kerrie/Mom and Dad/Ms. Smith/ Sir. Dearest can be used in a letter to greet someone you love: Dearest Ben, I think of you every day.

  5. noun [C] uk / frend / us / frend / a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of ... See more at friend. (Definition of dear and friend from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of dear friend. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

  6. to care very much for someone or something; to value someone or something highly He had destroyed everything we held dear. your nearest and dearest (informal) your close family and friends. See dear in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dear. Definition of dear adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

  7. IPA guide. If someone or something is dear to you, it means you hold them or it very close to your heart, as in "My country is very dear to me" or "She is a dear friend." As a written form of address — such as " Dear Mr. So-and-so" — dear is generally a polite but impersonal standard greeting.

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