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to covet
01
to have an intense and often inappropriate desire to possess something that belongs to someone else
Transitive: to covet sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
covet
3rd person singular
covets
Present participle
coveting
Past simple
coveted
Past participle
coveted
Examples
She covets her neighbor's luxurious car and dreams of owning one.
Lexical Tree
coveted
covet
