dear friend

collocation in English

meaningsofdearandfriend

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dear
adjective
uk
/dɪər/us
/dɪr/
loved or liked ...
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friend
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 ...
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(Definition ofdearandfriendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was mydearfriend.
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He was an esteemed colleague and a close anddearfriendwho influenced the direction of my research.
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We shall miss adearfriend.
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He was a verydearfriendof mine.
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His father was a verydearfriendof mine.
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He was adearfriendto all of us.
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My noble friend is a very old anddearfriend.
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Do not be put down, mydearfriend!
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What effect would that have on our old anddearfriendthe public sector borrowing requirement?
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It seems to me to be rather like the inevitable departure of adearfriend.
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He was adearfriendof mine for over 20 years.
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I have a short time,dearfriend, to reply to many things.
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I closely identify with his endearing remarks about his predecessor, adearfriendof us all and a good colleague.
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A verydearfriendof mine, a young man who died very shortly afterwards, was sitting by my side.
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I was beginning my peroration when it was stultified by my noble anddearfriendbehind me.
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A verydearfriendof mine had to be taken to hospital by the police because no ambulance was available.
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In him, the country has lost a brilliant public servant and many of us have lost adearfriend.
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He was a very close,dearfriendof mine....
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I have, mydearfriend, determined on my course.
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She was a talented actress anddearfriend.
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He became our family physician and adearfriend.
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I well remember travelling by train with a verydearfriendof mine who was an old and highly respected trade union leader.
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All of us know the numbness and emptiness that seize us when we hear of the death of a loved one or adearfriend.
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I have never blamed anybody for being a fanatic because he had alcohol in the home, or prejudicing the welfare of adearfriend.
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As he was speaking one could almost feel his father, who was such adearfriendof so many of us.
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