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VALUABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something of value
Example:
all our valuables were stolen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("valuable" is a kind of...):
hoarded wealth; treasure (accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "valuable"):
swag (valuable goods)
precious metal (any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry)
Derivation:
valuable (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
Example:
a valuable diamond
Classified under:
Similar:
blue-chip (extremely valuable)
invaluable; priceless (having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth)
precious (of high worth or cost)
rich (of great worth or quality)
semiprecious (used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones)
worth (having a specified value)
Also:
expensive (high in price or charging high prices)
important; of import (of great significance or value)
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Antonym:
worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)
Derivation:
valuable (something of value)
valuableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)
value (hold dear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having worth or merit or value
Example:
a good and worthful man
Synonyms:
valuable; worthful
Classified under:
Similar:
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Derivation:
valuableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)
value (regard highly; think much of)
value (hold dear)
Context examples:
Dear Sagittarius, you have so much good fortune about to arrive in terms of money or valuable gift.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
My dear Mycroft, the brother’s life is more valuable than the sister’s story.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once inside it, they have made her a prisoner, and they have become possessed of the valuable jewellery which has been their object from the first.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They are extremely valuable to local people on the coastlines where they gather, which are often in developing countries.
(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)
According to DW, cheetah skin and meat are valuable as well.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
G1.9+0.3 belongs to the Type Ia category, an important class of supernovas exhibiting reliable patterns in their brightness that make them valuable tools for measuring the rate at which the universe is expanding.
(Trigger for Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova Identified, NASA)
These cells are valuable in vitro tools for studies related to intestinal cell function and differentiation.
(Caco-2 Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
There is no time to gather valuables or make a phone call.
(Fires, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
