verb
- to desire (something belonging to another) eagerly and wrongfully
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘covet’
Examples
- She covets her neighbor’s beautiful garden.
- He covets the promotion that went to his colleague.
- The child covets his friend’s new bicycle.
- She covets the designer handbag in the store window.
- He covets his brother’s success in business.
- The student covets the scholarship awarded to her classmate.