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Synonyms for valuable

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : val-yoo-uh-buhl, -yuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl yu ə bəl, -yə bəl

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Définition of valuable

Origin :
  • 1580s, from value (v.) + -able. As a noun, "a valuable thing," from 1775 (in modern use often in plural).
  • adj very important; priceless
  • noun prized possession
Example sentences :
  • They are valuable, but he can do but common things with them because he knows not their possibilities.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Since that time thousands have been added to this valuable collection.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Pears are most valuable when they are canned and used for sauce.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • They will then prove not only valuable, but entirely unharmful.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • What characteristics of cereals make them valuable in the diet?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • A very great writer; and—to my thinking—the most valuable our age possesses.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • All are valuable in an election, and a few of them are honest.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The pin had been among the most valuable and cherished of his belongings.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • "I am waking up these boys for 1872," writes the valuable phenomenon.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • The first kind of people are People; they are the largest and probably the most valuable class.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

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