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uk/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/us/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/valuable adjective (MONEY)
B1 worth a lot of money:
These antiques are extremely valuable.
This is losing valuable business for the company.
Opposite
worthless
Note:
- Invaluable means 'extremely useful'.
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- The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds.
- Diamonds are still valuable, even when they are flawed.
- Delicate and valuable books are kept in an air-conditioned annexe to the main library.
- You can't give away Granny's old bookcase - it's a valuable antique.
- The museum has a fine collection of valuable glass.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expensive & luxurious
- costly
- delicacy
- deluxe
- exclusive
- executive
- expensive
- grand
- grandly
- lush
- luxurious
- no expense is spared idiom
- opulent
- plush
- premium-rate
- priceless
- sumptuous
- swish
- tony
- unaffordable
- white elephant
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valuable adjective (IMPORTANT)
B2 Valuable information, advice, etc. is very helpful or important:
He was able to provide the police with some valuable information.
Parents gave the school valuable support in its case for getting its facilities improved.
More examples
- We lost valuable time stuck in traffic.
- She gave me some valuable tips for growing tomatoes.
- Her doctor gave her a lot of valuable advice about bereavement.
- I found his book on painting very valuable for my own studies.
- She made a valuable contribution to the treatment of asthma.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- functionally
- palliative
- productive
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- sniff
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