Download the app
educalingo
Search
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
Abraham Cahan

Meaning of "dearest" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF DEAREST

dearest  [ˈdɪərɪst] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAREST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dearest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEAREST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dearest in the English dictionary

The definition of dearest in the dictionary is used as an affectionate way of addressing sb.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAREST


antinuclearist
ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪərɪst
aorist
ˈeɪərɪst
apiarist
ˈeɪpɪərɪst
careerist
kəˈrɪərɪst
clavierist
kləˈvɪərɪst
diarist
ˈdaɪərɪst
Everest
ˈɛvərɪst
Fourierist
ˈfʊərɪərɪst
humorist
ˈhjuːmərɪst
jurist
ˈdʒʊərɪst
lyrist
ˈlaɪərɪst
meliorist
ˈmiːlɪərɪst
meteorist
ˈmiːtɪərɪst
pronuclearist
ˌprəʊˈnjuːklɪərɪst
querist
ˈkwɪərɪst
terrorist
ˈtɛrərɪst
topiarist
ˈtəʊpɪərɪst
tourist
ˈtʊərɪst
tutiorist
ˈtjuːtɪərɪst
verist
ˈvɪərɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAREST

deaneries
deanery
deanship
dear
Dear John letter
dear-bought
Dearborn
deare
dearie
dearies
dearling
dearly
dearn
dearness
dearnful
dearnly
dearth
dearticulate
deary
deary me!

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAREST

armrest
arrest
Brest
Bucharest
come to rest
crest
forest
Forrest
hillcrest
house arrest
human interest
interest
lay to rest
nearest and dearest
prest
rainforest
rest
the rest
unrest
yarest

Synonyms and antonyms of dearest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEAREST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dearest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dearest

Translation of «dearest» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF DEAREST

Find out the translation of dearest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dearest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dearest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

最亲爱的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

más querido
570 millions of speakers

English

dearest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्यारे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дорогая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mais querido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রেয়সী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le plus cher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sayang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

liebste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最愛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

친애
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dearest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thân yêu nhất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாசத்திற்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राणप्रिय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gözbebeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

più caro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najdroższy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорогая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dragi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυαγαπημένοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geliefde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kära
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjæreste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dearest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAREST»

The term «dearest» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.879 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
88
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «dearest» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of dearest
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dearest».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAREST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dearest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dearest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dearest

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DEAREST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dearest.
1
Peter Abrahams
I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole, by finding, Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury.' These two books, and the 'Everyman' edition of John Keats, were my proudest and dearest possessions, my greatest wealth.
2
Lloyd Alexander
Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.
3
Amitabh Bachchan
Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard.
4
Alban Berg
I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.
5
Frances Burney
To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!
6
Abraham Cahan
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
7
Donald Cargill
Farewell, dearest friend, never to see one another any more till at the right hand of Christ.
8
Oswald Chambers
The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
9
Jennifer Chiaverini
Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows.
10
Merry Clayton
Carole King is one of my dearest friends. We're like family.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAREST»

Discover the use of dearest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dearest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dearest Pet: On Bestiality
Dearest Pet uncovers and explores those traces, illuminating the ambivalence of human attitudes to cross-species sexuality.
Midas Dekkers, 2000
2
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams. This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.
Lynne Withey, 2002
3
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Presents a collection of letters between John and Abigail Adams that chronicle their lives and the events that surrounded them.
Margaret A. Hogan, C. James Taylor, 2007
4
Mama Dearest
Yancey Harrington Braxton's plans to star in a reality television series are threatened by Madison B., an up-and-coming star and Yancey's long-lost daughter, and her own mother, Ava Middlebrooks, who is desperate for a comeback.
E. Lynn Harris, 2009
5
Oscar dearest: six decades of scandal, politics, and greed ...
Just in time to celebrate Oscar's 60th birthday: an endlessly juicy, illustrated expose of the predatory backstage politics and outrageous scandals behind Hollywood's coveted idol, from its beginning in 1927 to 1986. Illustrated.
Peter H. Brown, Jim Pinkston, 1988
6
My Dearest Mr. Darcy: An amazing journey into love everlasting
Darcy is more deeply in love with his wife than ever As the golden summer draws to a close and the Darcys look ahead to the end of their first year of marriage, Mr. Darcy could never have imagined his love could grow even deeper with the ...
Sharon Lathan, 2010
7
Dearest Anne: A Tale of Impossible Love
An Israeli girl's diaries addressed to Anne Frank chronicle romantic trysts with her female teacher.
Judith Katzir, 2008
8
Dearest Beloved: The Hawthornes and the Making of the ...
T. Walter Herbert reveals the tragic conflicts beneath the Hawthorne's ideal of domestic fulfillment and shows how their marriage reflected the tensions within nineteenth-century society.
Thomas Walter Herbert, 1993
9
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and ...
A startling collection of mostly unpublished love letters recreates one of the most famous love stories in modern history, while revealing some new information about Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Jackson R. Bryer, Cathy W. Barks, 2003
10
My Dearest Dinosaur
A dinosaur raises her young as she waits for her mate to return from his quest to find a safer home. The young are cheeky and impatient to leave. Soon she is free to search for him, as she dreams of a world that is cold and strange.
Margaret Wild, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAREST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dearest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Constantine: The Hellblazer #2 Review: John Starts A Ghost …
Gary Lester, aka Gaz, one of his oldest and dearest dead friends continues to remind John as he walks throughout the city, that most of his ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
2
We have failed the victims of 7/7
As I watched the police cars and fire engines outside Aldgate Tube station, I had no idea that one of the people dearest to our family, our ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
A World of Screens
Seeing Mommy and Daddy playing with their smart phones all the time, as if they were the dearest things in life, the baby wants a smart phone ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
4
Awww! THIS Vanderpump Rules Couple Totally Just Got Engaged …
However, what made the proposal even more remarkable what that her ring was made by one of their dearest friends! Jeweler Kyle Chan ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
5
'Baahubali': Allu Arjun Wishes Prabhas, Rana Dagubbati, SS …
I heart fully wish darling Prabas N dearest friend Rana to greater heights in their career. N I thank S.S.R. for scaling up our Industry — Allu Arjun ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
6
Hamas: Israel Asked for Return of Soldiers' Bodies
This is the time to go crazy and to show IDF soldiers and their families that they are the dearest thing to us." Ben-Ari has in the past pressed for ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
7
War Without Mercy in Yemen. US Engineered Humanitarian Crisis
And you are blessed by the honour of loyalty to your dearest oppressed people, and you are really in the situation of the faithful in the hour of ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
8
You might regret getting it off your chest on Twitter
The couple were, their respective Twitter accounts both seemed to suggest, the very dearest bosom pals. But then just recently, the once ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher's 'relaxed' big day
... in Oak Glen, California on July 4 - are said to have been totally at ease as they prepared to mark the occasion with their nearest and dearest. «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
10
Emma and James agreed to marry for reality TV show Married At …
Forget commitment, romance and a faithful, loving relationship — instead, why not put on a big, white dress, invite your nearest and dearest ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dearest [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dearest>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z