dearer

CEFRB2

/dˈɪrər/

adjective · adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    More expensive than another thing.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    comparative form of dear: more dear

Examples

  • There are some friends who are dearer to me than others.

  • I hold you ever dearer.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meaning
  1. comparative form of dearly: more dearly

More examples

In context
  • Gasoline only gets dearer.

  • Those lines that I before have writ do lie, / Even those that said I could not love you dearer

  • Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, / A dearer birth than this his love had brought, / To march in ranks of better equipage

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Family is blank to me than any material wealth or possession.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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