- close (or dear) to one's heart
- close (or dear) to one's heartof deep interest and concern to one.→ heart
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
dear to one's heart — ► close (or dear) to one s heart of deep interest and concern to one. Main Entry: ↑heart … English terms dictionary
dear to one's heart — same as ↑close to one s heart (see above). • • • Main Entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
close to one's heart — ► close (or dear) to one s heart of deep interest and concern to one. Main Entry: ↑heart … English terms dictionary
close/dear/near to your heart — very personally and emotionally important to you This topic is one that s very close to my heart. [=I care very much about this subject] The school is very near and dear to her heart. • • • Main Entry: ↑heart … Useful english dictionary
close to one's heart — Being the object of one s warm interest, concern or liking • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * * I see heart II close (or dear) to (or near) one s heart of deep interest and concern to one … Useful english dictionary
heart — ► NOUN 1) a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2) the central, innermost, or vital part: the heart of the city. 3) a person s feeling of or capacity for love or… … English terms dictionary
heart — noun 1》 a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2》 the central, innermost, or vital part of something. 3》 a conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves… … English new terms dictionary
heart — n. 1 a hollow muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2 the region of the heart; the breast. 3 a the heart regarded as the centre of thought, feeling, and emotion (esp. love). b a person s… … Useful english dictionary
heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma … Dictionary of contemporary English
heart — /hahrt/, n. 1. Anat. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that… … Universalium