(superl.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
(superl.) Of agreeable things and interests.
(superl.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
(n.) A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
(adv.) Dearly; at a high price.
(v. t.) To endear.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Cameron was accused of revealing his ill-suppressed Bullingdon Club instincts when he shouted at the Labour frontbencher Angela Eagle to "calm down, dear" as she berated him for misleading MPs at prime minister's questions.
(2) There is a heavy, leaden feeling in your chest, rather as when someone you love dearly has died; but no one has – except, perhaps, you.
(3) Here is my email to Dr Hansen on 18 June: Dear Mr. Hansen, Thanks for calling.
(4) Three dead after gunman storms Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Read more Robert Lewis Dear, a 57-year-old from North Carolina, has been named as the suspected gunman behind a standoff at a Planned Parenthood health clinic in which three people died and nine were injured .
(5) FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER From: Cleo Watson Date: 29 March 2016 at 13:36:03 BST To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Urgent call: Doctors Dear Colleagues I hope you have had a restful Easter.
(6) His first film appearances had included Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Small Back Room, and the comedy Dear Mr Prohack (both 1949), the latter adapted from an Arnold Bennett novel.
(7) He fears that "this is a time when much that we hold dear about our profession and our NHS is deeply threatened".
(8) The Dear Deidre column will lose some of its sex focus to tackle more family-oriented issues at the weekend.
(9) The general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Jeremy Dear, said the union would oppose cuts, with industrial action if necessary.
(10) May 2 1997 Labour is elected with a manifesto committed to leaving the door open for tuition fees: "the costs of student maintenance should be repaid by graduates on an income-related basis ..." July 23 1997 The Dearing report is published.
(11) "Dear chief secretary, I am afraid to tell you that there is no money left".
(12) Revolutionary forces also distributed leaflets at checkpoints leading into the city that read, "Dear Muslims, avoid God's wrath.
(13) The comedian Stephen Mangan called Cameron’s warning “panicky” and “daft”, while another comedian, Vikki Stone, shared a picture of herself hiding in the shed with a colander on her head and said: “Dear David Cameron I’m frightened.
(14) The email, beginning "dear colleagues", says the MPs' report "affords us a unique opportunity to reflect upon the mistakes we have made and further the course we have already completed to correct them.
(15) Dear Federal Reserve: stop waiting for the 'perfect' time to raise rates and just do it Read more These days the Fed is a lot more cautious.
(16) We love you.” Another starts: “Dear Polish friends, we wanted to let you know how very sorry we are to hear about the abusive messages graffitied on to your building.
(17) Photograph: Paula Dear Camping in Bolivia is still a low key affair but there’s a growing network of quality sites in popular areas such as Sorata , Samaipata , Coroico and La Paz.
(18) The Oscar-winning director, who made his National Theatre debut two years ago to much acclaim with Nick Dear's adaptation of Frankenstein , has told the Telegraph he won't be applying for the artistic director's position , which comes free in 2015.
(19) Songwriter Dan Bull urged BBC bosses in Dear Auntie (An Open Letter to the BBC) : "You need to appeal to the people that feel John Peel, and want to keep it real.
(20) Dear British public, be outraged, act, withhold your money until you can have confidence in what you consume.
Deas
Definition:
(n.) See Dais.
Example Sentences:
(1) We investigated the in vivo phospholipidosis-inducing potency of AM and its major nonpolar metabolite, desethylamiodarone (DEA), in rats, their ability to inhibit phospholipases, and also the effects on pulmonary uptake of [14C] AM.
(2) Congress passed legislation which prevented the DEA from issuing regulations that interfered with access to health care.
(3) Without the full weight of the law in a final ruling, the DEA proceeded to deny DEA numbers to NPs.
(4) This time around, the DEA has not yet targeted a single lab in Mexico responsible for the epidemic in New England, said Desmond.
(5) In recent years, the DEA has increased its presence in Africa, primarily in response to the growing footprint of Colombian and Venezuelan drug cartels in west African countries.
(6) The effect of repeated administration of a prolonged ACTH agent on the secretion of glucocorticoids, dehydroepiandrosterone (DEA) and delta 4- and delta 5-precursors was studied in experiments on male hamadryas baboons.
(7) (Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross) Dr Colin Deas Campbell.
(8) An intensive observation of thyroid tests, serum concentrations of A and its metabolite, desethylamiodarone (DEA) was undertaken.
(9) As one reviews the history of the clinical use and illicit abuse of methaqualone, it appears particularly unfortunate that a study of this sort was neither completed nor available to our Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1965.
(10) However, a female isozyme named DEa and possessing a similar Mr was obtained from similar column fractions.
(11) The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reported only small changes in the way the cartel operates.
(12) Increased lung and liver phospholipid levels with repeated DEA doses may result from a potent inhibitory action of DEA on tissue phospholipase A as has been observed by others in in vitro studies.
(13) "The DEA is the result of many years of discussion between government, industry and trade unions to try to provide a framework to legislate against online copyright infringement.
(14) HPLC analysis of incubation samples revealed a species difference in the metabolism of Am as demonstrated by the detection of three metabolites in addition to DEA.
(15) Also, the administration of DEA 5,000 S in vivo shortened the duration of unconsciousness and reduced EEG abnormalities in rats subjected to hypoxia in a special chamber filled with N2 gas.
(16) Immobilization stress after preliminary ACTH treatment caused a stable increase in the level of DEA during stress factor action as well as 3 days after drug action.
(17) Improved DNA testing should make checks easier and help prevent fishermen and consumers being cheated, said Deas.
(18) The Governator plays DEA agent John "Breacher" Wharton, the head of an elite squad of supercops who are picked off by one-by-one after dipping into the proceeds of a multi-million drug bust.
(19) It was thus concluded that LP, reflected the DEA, was identified from infarct areas of slow conduction within a reentry circuit of SVT.
(20) The utility of DEA is analyzed by comparing this technique with other methods used to measure efficiency, by discussing the application of DEA in the health care industry and by assessing the validity of results from DEA studies.