valuable
having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
having qualities worthy of respect, admiration, or esteem: a valuable friend.
of considerable use, service, or importance: valuable information.
Usually valuables. articles of considerable value, as of personal property, especially those of relatively small size: They locked their valuables in the hotel safe.
Origin of valuable
1synonym study For valuable
Opposites for valuable
Other words from valuable
- 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
- o·ver·val·u·a·bly, adverb
- un·val·u·a·ble, adjective
- un·val·u·a·bly, adverb
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How to use valuable in a sentence
Tesla is riding high these days, but two developments could create reputational risks for the world's most valuable car company.
Tesla faces scrutiny over carbon costs of bitcoin and vehicle range | Ben Geman | February 12, 2021 | AxiosHaving worked with Schneider Electric for five years on paid search, the Merkle SEM team had valuable historical information on the business and its paid search trends.
Case study: Schneider Electric’s digital transformation through centralized search | Evan Kent and Kimberly Dutcher | February 11, 2021 | Search Engine WatchHe said GSC would be more valuable for providing patterns of issues & not providing every single URL for each issue.
Quest for more coverage: Making a case for larger exports from Google Search Console’s Coverage reporting | Glenn Gabe | February 9, 2021 | Search Engine LandA crate of pollinators that would have cost just $11 to rent in the 1970s is now more than 10 times as valuable.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town | Andrew Zaleski | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf they’re too small, parts of your hand may be exposed, and if they’re too large, valuable heat will escape.
But it performs two distinct functions, both of which are undeniably valuable.
Law-enforcement agencies at all levels of government provide a valuable and often thankless public service in their communities.
Are Police Stealing People’s Property? | Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to court testimony by the lead NCIS investigator, it contained various mobile phones and even valuable letters.
Whoever it is that Lebanese officials now have in custody, they clearly think she is valuable and worth publicizing.
They want to pass on valuable intelligence about ISIS positions, and it's ignored.
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS | Tim Mak | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo man parts wis zat which is valuable, to strangers, wisout a proper honorarium.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuI pawned all our jewellery, and as we had a great many valuable things, I got several thousand francs.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonDon't waste your valuable time looking for the biggest angleworm in the garden!
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyHe distinguished himself by several military exploits, and wrote some valuable historical works.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIt was risky work to leave the valuable convoy for an instant, but Malcolm felt that he must probe this mystery.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for valuable
/ (ˈvæljʊəbəl) /
having considerable monetary worth
of considerable importance or quality: a valuable friend; valuable information
able to be valued
(usually plural) a valuable article of personal property, esp jewellery
Derived forms of valuable
- valuableness, noun
- valuably, adverb
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