Cherish
verb
To love or care about something or someone very much.
He cherished his wife and children.
Often appears as...
- cherish the memory
- cherish the moment
verb
To keep a positive feeling or good idea in your mind for a long period of time.
She cherished the hope of a reconciliation with her estranged father.
Often appears as...
- cherish the hope
- cherish the thought
verb
To protect and care for someone or something carefully.
As a child, he cherished a dream of becoming an astronaut.
Often appears as...
- cherish a dream
- cherish a belief
verb
To love or care about something or someone very much.
He cherished his wife and children.
Often appears as...
- cherish the memory
- cherish the moment
verb
To keep a positive feeling or good idea in your mind for a long period of time.
She cherished the hope of a reconciliation with her estranged father.
Often appears as...
- cherish the hope
- cherish the thought
verb
To protect and care for someone or something carefully.
As a child, he cherished a dream of becoming an astronaut.
Often appears as...
- cherish a dream
- cherish a belief
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Pro Tip 1/3Deep Affection
Use 'cherish' to express deep affection, stronger than like or love alone.
I cherish the moments we spend together.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-lasting Emotion
'Cherish' implies a long-lasting emotion, not a fleeting or temporary feeling.
Grandma cherished her wedding ring all her life.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Value
'Cherish' is often used for things with emotional or sentimental value.
He cherishes the watch his father gave him.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Affection
Use 'cherish' to express deep affection, stronger than like or love alone.
I cherish the moments we spend together.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-lasting Emotion
'Cherish' implies a long-lasting emotion, not a fleeting or temporary feeling.
Grandma cherished her wedding ring all her life.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Value
'Cherish' is often used for things with emotional or sentimental value.
He cherishes the watch his father gave him.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Affection
Use 'cherish' to express deep affection, stronger than like or love alone.
I cherish the moments we spend together.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-lasting Emotion
'Cherish' implies a long-lasting emotion, not a fleeting or temporary feeling.
Grandma cherished her wedding ring all her life.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Value
'Cherish' is often used for things with emotional or sentimental value.
He cherishes the watch his father gave him.
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How to escape...
life is inevitable. It happens all the time. You take an area, a school, a district, you change the conditions, give people a different sense of possibility, a different set of expectations, a broader range of opportunities, you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative
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Resilient people,...
since the last deglaciation this is the Eden's garden of everything we cherish the beauty of nature establishes itself the rainforests the marine systems the wetlands rainy seasons become predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to
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Losing everything -...
just looked at it and I didn't know what to do I mean this was was I my things I always live in the present I love the present I cherished the future and I was taught some strange thing as a kid like you got to make something good out of
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Why I love a country...
to fight for this country. They said that they were going to fight not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal of what our government stands for,
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Adorable Baby Animal...
healthy loved and cherished elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
It may even feel scary. A real gun at a few feet's distance. Let us stop for a moment and feel this uneasiness. You could even hear it. Let us cherish the fact
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Before the Flood -...
we can't solve this problem the world is now watching we asked you to protect it are we and all living things we cherish our history
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Feeding Baby Orphaned...
to survive here she is seven months on perfectly healthy loved and cherished
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Budgie Talks To Owner To...
third was cherished pet is equally playful the common parakeet better known
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The best stats you've...
great ideas weren't cherished what if
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How to escape...
life is inevitable. It happens all the time. You take an area, a school, a district, you change the conditions, give people a different sense of possibility, a different set of expectations, a broader range of opportunities, you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative
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Resilient people,...
since the last deglaciation this is the Eden's garden of everything we cherish the beauty of nature establishes itself the rainforests the marine systems the wetlands rainy seasons become predictable this is the very precondition for a system like this to
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Losing everything -...
just looked at it and I didn't know what to do I mean this was was I my things I always live in the present I love the present I cherished the future and I was taught some strange thing as a kid like you got to make something good out of
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Why I love a country...
to fight for this country. They said that they were going to fight not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal of what our government stands for,
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Adorable Baby Animal...
healthy loved and cherished elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
It may even feel scary. A real gun at a few feet's distance. Let us stop for a moment and feel this uneasiness. You could even hear it. Let us cherish the fact
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Before the Flood -...
we can't solve this problem the world is now watching we asked you to protect it are we and all living things we cherish our history
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Feeding Baby Orphaned...
to survive here she is seven months on perfectly healthy loved and cherished
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Budgie Talks To Owner To...
third was cherished pet is equally playful the common parakeet better known
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The best stats you've...
great ideas weren't cherished what if
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Quote examples
Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
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Alice Walker
American Author
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
What I cry out for, like every being, with my whole life and all my earthly passion, is something very different from an equal to cherish: it is a God to adore.
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John Adams
American President
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
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Alice Walker
American Author
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
What I cry out for, like every being, with my whole life and all my earthly passion, is something very different from an equal to cherish: it is a God to adore.
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John Adams
American President
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
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Les Brown
American Speaker
The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use.
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