hold dear

== English == === Verb === hold dear (third-person singular simple present holds dear, present participle holding dear, simple past and past participle held dear) (transitive) To value highly; to care about greatly. Synonyms: cherish, treasure, prize; see also Thesaurus:hold dear ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “hold someone something dear” (US) / “hold someone something dear” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “hold something dear” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “hold dear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === Aderhold