How to Use "Dear" with Example Sentences

dear (adj): valuable, loved

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Used with nouns:

"I love my dear father."
(father, friend, mother, sister, wife)

"What a dear child."
(child, baby)

"She has been a dear colleague."
(colleague, friend, co-worker)

Used with adverbs:

"She is absolutely dear to me."
(absolutely, wonderfully)

dear (n): term of affection

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Used with verbs:

"Would you be a dear and help me?"
(be)

"She is such a dear."
(be: is/am/are, has been)

Example sentences:

"What a dear you have been."

"You are right, my dear."

"How have you been, dear?"

"Yes, dear."