Words / A2

VAL-yoo-uh-bl/ˈvæljuəbl/

Valuable means worth a lot of money, or very useful: valuable jewellery, a valuable lesson, valuable advice. Value is the noun. Precious is a close cousin for treasured things. Cheap is an opposite for price. Valuable information is useful, not always expensive. Do not write valuable for available (free to use).

Meaning

Worth a lot of money, or very useful.

Examples

• “Keep your valuable jewellery in a safe place.”
• “Leave valuable items at the hotel desk.”
• “Her notes from the seminar were really valuable.”

Good to know

valuable jewellery / advice. Noun: value. Opposite (price): cheap. Mix-up: available.

Near in meaning

precious

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