Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To consider to be precious; to value highly.

    Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.

    schätzen

    цени́тьcenítʹ

  2. (transitive)To store or stow in a safe place.

  3. (transitive)To amass or collect together as though a treasure.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To enrich.

More definitions
  • hold dear
  • be fond of; be attached to

Examples

293 sentences
  1. It's rumored there are treasures hidden there.

    Кажуть, що там заховано скарби. — mkazarian

    ruПо слухам, там спрятан клад. — Hellerick

    deEs geht das Gerücht um, dass dort ein Schatz verborgen liegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. We were looking for buried treasure.

    ruМы искали клад. — afyodor

    deWir suchten nach vergrabenen Schätzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We didn't bury the treasure here.

    ruМы не зарыли сокровище здесь. — carlosalberto

    deWir haben den Schatz nicht hier vergraben. — carlosalberto

  4. They dug here and there for treasure.

    ruОни копали тут и там в поисках сокровища. — Lenin_1917

  5. The treasure was buried on the island.

    ruСокровище было зарыто на острове. — Ooneykcall

    deDer Schatz war auf der Insel vergraben. — xtofu80

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
consider to be precious:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consider to be precious:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thē

Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.

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Forms

treasures, treasuring, treasured, treasured
Base formtreasure · to treasure
3rd person singulartreasures
Present participletreasuring
Past simpletreasured
Past participletreasured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytreasure
he, she, ittreasures

Past simpleLesson

all personstreasured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave treasured
he, she, ithas treasured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill treasure

Synonyms

10 synonyms

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • buried the treasure
  • buried treasure
  • the treasure was

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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