Notes on usage: Valuable

Precious  -  Priceless  -  Irreplaceable

 

These words all describe sth that is worth a lot of money or very Important to sb.

 

Valuable worth a lot of money: The thieves took three pieces of valuable jewellery.
Precious rare and worth a lot of money; loved or valued very much: A precious Chinese vase, valued at half a million pound. | Precious memories of our time together.
Priceless extremely valuable; loved or valued very much: A priceless collection of antiques.
Irreplaceable too valuable or special to be replaced.

 

PATTERNS
*valuable/precious/priceless/irreplaceable possessions
*valuable/precious/priceless antiques/jewels/jewellery

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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