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adjective
1.
having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
2.
having qualities worthy of respect, admiration, or esteem: a valuable friend.
3.
of considerable use, service, or importance: valuable information.
noun
4.
Usually, valuables. articles of considerable value, as of personal property, especially those of relatively small size: They locked their valuables in the hotel safe.
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Valuables
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Related forms
val·u·a·ble·ness, noun
val·u·a·bly, adverb
non·val·u·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·val·u·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·val·u·a·ble·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1, 3. Valuable, precious refer to that which has pecuniary or other value. Valuable applies to whatever has value, but especially to what has considerable monetary value or special usefulness, rarity, etc.: a valuable watch. That which is precious has a very high intrinsic value or is very dear for its own sake, associations, or the like: a precious jewel, friendship.
1, 3. Valuable, precious refer to that which has pecuniary or other value. Valuable applies to whatever has value, but especially to what has considerable monetary value or special usefulness, rarity, etc.: a valuable watch. That which is precious has a very high intrinsic value or is very dear for its own sake, associations, or the like: a precious jewel, friendship.
Antonyms
1–3. worthless.
1–3. worthless.
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