Usually means: Cherish, value greatly, deeply care.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hold dear: Vocabulary.com
  2. hold dear: Wiktionary
  3. hold dear: Dictionary.com
  4. hold dear: Rhymezone
  5. hold dear: FreeDictionary.org
  6. hold dear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. hold dear: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hold dear: Legal dictionary
  2. hold dear: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold dear: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold dear: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hold dear: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold dear)

verb:  (transitive) To value highly; to care about greatly.

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