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treasuretreasure2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtreasure |
Present | I, you, we, they | treasure | | he, she, it | treasures | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | treasured | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have treasured | | he, she, it | has treasured | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had treasured | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will treasure | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have treasured |
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Present | I | am treasuring | | he, she, it | is treasuring | | you, we, they | are treasuring | Past | I, he, she, it | was treasuring | | you, we, they | were treasuring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been treasuring | | he, she, it | has been treasuring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been treasuring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be treasuring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been treasuring |
- I treasure the watch my grandfather gave me.
- But, oh those treasured few.
- Moore, for instance, treasures a collection of sayings Penny Scaggs had written for her in calligraphy.
- She told him that she firmly believed he was missing an experience to be treasured.
- Words that once were treasured and saved for moments of extreme emotion now spring from the tongue at the mildest invitation.
► most treasured possession A battered old guitar was his most treasured possession. ► a prized/treasured possession (=one that is very important to you)· One of my most treasured possessions is a small book of prayers. to keep and care for something that is very special, important, or valuable to you: Jim treasured the gold pocket watch that his grandfather had given him.—treasured adjective [only before noun]: A battered old guitar was his most treasured possession. |