Meaning of "treasure" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TREASURE

From Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus anything hoarded, from Greek thēsauros.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TREASURE

treasure  [ˈtrɛʒə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREASURE

Treasure is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb treasure in English.

WHAT DOES TREASURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Treasure

Treasure is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constitutes treasure, such as in the British Treasure Act 1996. The Gospel of Matthew defines Treasure as the focus of ones heart and warns of focus on Worldly Treasure. "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Mathew 6: 19 - 21. The phrase "blood and treasure" or "lives and treasure" has been used to refer to the human and monetary costs associated with massive endeavours such as war that expend both.

Definition of treasure in the English dictionary

The first definition of treasure in the dictionary is wealth and riches, usually hoarded, esp in the form of money, precious metals, or gems. Other definition of treasure is a thing or person that is highly prized or valued. Treasure is also to prize highly as valuable, rare, or costly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TREASURE

PRESENT

Present

I treasure

you treasure

he/she/it treasures

we treasure

you treasure

they treasure

Present continuous

I am treasuring

you are treasuring

he/she/it is treasuring

we are treasuring

you are treasuring

they are treasuring

Present perfect

I have treasured

you have treasured

he/she/it has treasured

we have treasured

you have treasured

they have treasured

Present perfect continuous

I have been treasuring

you have been treasuring

he/she/it has been treasuring

we have been treasuring

you have been treasuring

they have been treasuring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I treasured

you treasured

he/she/it treasured

we treasured

you treasured

they treasured

Past continuous

I was treasuring

you were treasuring

he/she/it was treasuring

we were treasuring

you were treasuring

they were treasuring

Past perfect

I had treasured

you had treasured

he/she/it had treasured

we had treasured

you had treasured

they had treasured

Past perfect continuous

I had been treasuring

you had been treasuring

he/she/it had been treasuring

we had been treasuring

you had been treasuring

they had been treasuring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will treasure

you will treasure

he/she/it will treasure

we will treasure

you will treasure

they will treasure

Future continuous

I will be treasuring

you will be treasuring

he/she/it will be treasuring

we will be treasuring

you will be treasuring

they will be treasuring

Future perfect

I will have treasured

you will have treasured

he/she/it will have treasured

we will have treasured

you will have treasured

they will have treasured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been treasuring

you will have been treasuring

he/she/it will have been treasuring

we will have been treasuring

you will have been treasuring

they will have been treasuring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would treasure

you would treasure

he/she/it would treasure

we would treasure

you would treasure

they would treasure

Conditional continuous

I would be treasuring

you would be treasuring

he/she/it would be treasuring

we would be treasuring

you would be treasuring

they would be treasuring

Conditional perfect

I would have treasure

you would have treasure

he/she/it would have treasure

we would have treasure

you would have treasure

they would have treasure

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been treasuring

you would have been treasuring

he/she/it would have been treasuring

we would have been treasuring

you would have been treasuring

they would have been treasuring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you treasure
we let´s treasure
you treasure

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to treasure

Past participle

treasured

Present Participle

treasuring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TREASURE»

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

synonyms of treasure

accumulate · adore · angel · cache · cash · cherish · collect · darling · esteem · find · fortune · funds · garner · gem · gold · hoard · husband · idolize · jewel · lay up · love · masterpiece · money · nonpareil · objet d´art · paragon · pearl · precious · prize · revere · riches · salt away · save · something else · star · taonga · valuables · value · venerate · wealth · wonga · work of art · worship

TRANSLATION OF TREASURE

Find out the translation of treasure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of treasure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «treasure» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 财宝
• Translator English - Spanish: tesoro
• English: treasure
• Translator English - Hindi: खजाना
• Translator English - Arabic: كَنْز
• Translator English - Russian: сокровище
• Translator English - Portuguese: tesouro
• Translator English - Bengali: ধন
• Translator English - French: trésor
• Translator English - Malay: Harta karun
• Translator English - German: Schatz
• Translator English - Japanese: 財宝
• Translator English - Korean: 보물
• Translator English - Javanese: Bandha
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kho báu
• Translator English - Tamil: புதையல்
• Translator English - Marathi: खजिना
• Translator English - Turkish: hazine
• Translator English - Italian: tesoro
• Translator English - Polish: skarb
• Translator English - Ukrainian: скарб
• Translator English - Romanian: comoară
• Translator English - Greek: θησαυρός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skat
• Translator English - Swedish: skatt
• Translator English - Norwegian: skatt

10 QUOTES WITH «TREASURE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word treasure.

1

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.

2

Akhenaton

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

3

Saint Ambrose

Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.

4

Walter Anderson

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

5

Robert Ballard

I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.

6

Hans Urs von Balthasar

It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.

7

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

8

Jim Bishop

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?

9

Felix Bloch

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.

10

John O. Brennan

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREASURE»

Discover the use of treasure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to treasure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Treasure

Dirk Pitt's hunt for ancient Egyptain treasure is sidetracked when the White House is threatened by terrorists from Egypt and Mexico and a cruise ship carrying the presidents of Egypt and Mexico is hijacked

Clive Cussler, 1989

Treasure

Alan Falconer is now Captain of the pirate ship Adventurer, and he's convinced his lover Patrick to join them.

Ana Hidalgo, Mercedes Hidalgo, Christine Schilling, 2007

The Last Treasure

A home with a hidden treasure only a child can uncover—the last treasure of John Matthew Smith, the family’s eccentric patriarch. But there are other things hidden in the Square.

Janet Anderson, 2004

Snow Treasure

An actual incident in which Norwegian children smuggled gold past the Nazis is the basis for this story of courage and patriotism.

Marie McSwigan, 1942

Key to the Treasure : [apsakymai]

Liza, Bill, and Jed Roberts unravel a series of coded clues that solve a family mystery while spending the summer on their grandparents' farm. Reissue.

Peggy Parish, 1966

Treasure Hunters

Finally reaching the city of Atheia, Gran'ma Ben and Thorn join forces with old friends in order to stop The Lord of Locusts' evil mission in its tracks, in the eighth installment to this exciting series. Simultaneous.

‎2008

Treasure

Within the tight timeframe of a trea-sure hunt on a summer's day, this cleverly constructed story follows the progress of six very different women, one unconventional child and a desperate sperm donor.

Helen Larder, 2003

Treasure Chests: The Legacy of Extraordinary Boxes

From tool chests to toy chests, this book celebrates how extraordinary a box can be when it is meant to hold the things we cherish most.

Lon Schleining, 2003

Treasure in Clay: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen

Treasure in Clay provides a lifetime’s worth of wisdom from one of the most beloved and influential figures in twentieth-century Catholicism.

Fulton J. Sheen, 2009

Treasure in Clay Jars: Patterns in Missional Faithfulness

The team that authored this book believes that bmissionalb says something not so much about the activities of the church as its character: bThe church does not exist for itself, but for participation in Godbs mission of reconciliation. . .

Lois Y. Barrett, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREASURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term treasure is used in the context of the following news items.

'Gold Luck Charm' helped find $1M sunken treasure

SEBASTIAN, Fla. — It was the best birthday ever for Hillary Schmitt of Sanford, Fla. She and her treasure-hunting family held a news conference Tuesday to ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

Pirate Captain Kidd's 'treasure' found in Madagascar

Underwater explorers in Madagascar say they have discovered treasure belonging to the notorious 17th-Century Scottish pirate William Kidd. A 50kg (7st 9lb) ... «BBC News, May 15»

Contract battle brewing over $14M Blackbeard 'treasure'

"The actual ship itself, which is the treasure that remains, is now in contention," said John Masters, chairman of the board of Intersal. "We found a little bit of ... «Yahoo News UK, May 15»

Fugitive US treasure hunter Thompson pleads guilty

A US treasure hunter - who spent years evading authorities - will go to prison rather than testify about gold he discovered in a historic shipwreck. «BBC News, Apr 15»

Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson, girlfriend will plead guilty to …

Treasure hunter Thomas G. “Tommy” Thompson and his girlfriend, Alison Antekeier, have agreed to plead guilty to criminal contempt-of-court charges in federal ... «Columbus Dispatch, Apr 15»

Treasure hunter ordered to end search for $3 billion in gold in …

PORTLAND, Maine - A treasure hunter's effort to salvage what he calls $3 billion in platinum from a World War II shipwreck off Cape Cod has been ended by a ... «New York Daily News, Apr 15»

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter

In 2001, a Japanese woman named Takako Konishi was found dead in a Minnesota field. It was a fairly unsensational case of suicide—Konishi was depressed ... «A.V. Club DC, Mar 15»

Heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers sue for return of treasure in US …

The 13th-century Dome Reliquary, part of the Welfenschatz or Guelph Treasure, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP. «The Guardian, Feb 15»

Sunken treasure? Divers stumble upon priceless ancient gold.

Perhaps the treasure of coins was meant to pay the salaries of the Fatimid military garrison which was stationed in Caesarea and protected the city. Another ... «Christian Science Monitor, Feb 15»

Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson agrees to return to Columbus

Despite his earlier contention that he was allergic to things in Ohio, treasure hunter Tommy Thompson agreed on Thursday to be returned to Columbus to face ... «Columbus Dispatch, Feb 15»