/ˈvæljuəbəl/
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Translation
Worth a lot of money, or very useful and important.
Word origin
From value plus -able, from Latin valere, meaning to be strong or be worth something.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- valere
- English cognates
- value, valid
Examples
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Valuable things are worth a lot of money.
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Time, advice and help can be valuable too: very useful and important.
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The noun for valuable things you own is valuables.
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