adj
Meaning 1
Highly sought-after.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coveted
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkʌvɪtɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 V AH0 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of covet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
greatly desired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desired, in demand(p), sought after
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 人人向往的 (rénrén xiàngwǎng de) — highly sought-after
- Chinese Mandarin: 令人垂涎的 (lìngrén chuíxián de) — highly sought-after
- Chinese Mandarin: 大受追捧的 (dà shòu zhuīpěng de) — highly sought-after
- Dutch: begeerd — highly sought-after
- Dutch: felbegeerd — highly sought-after
- Finnish: himoittu — highly sought-after
- Finnish: haluttu — highly sought-after
- French: convoité — highly sought-after
- German: begehrt — highly sought-after
- Italian: desiderato — highly sought-after
- Italian: ambito — highly sought-after
- Italian: agognato — highly sought-after
- Russian: жела́нный (želánnyj) — highly sought-after
- Spanish: codiciado — highly sought-after
- Spanish: acodiciante — highly sought-after
- Swedish: eftertraktad — highly sought-after
- Swedish: åtrådd — highly sought-after