PRECIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of precious in English
precious adjective
(VALUABLE )
You're so precious to me.
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precious adjective
(NOT NATURAL )
He's so precious about his work that he never gets anything done.
precious adjective
(SHOWING DISLIKE )
(Definition of precious from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of precious
precious
The continuous decline in precious -metal content was the safety valve that made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
Precious metal coinages and the mass disbursements of imported wine, attested in a few regions archaeologically, fit comfortably into an analysis of this kind.
Look at it this way: in some moods, or in some contexts, one might think that human beings are precious .
One has taken care to use those that are most rare and most precious in those places closest to the king's person.
One can learn much from one's own errors and precious little from one's triumphs.
The technology itself was simple enough for a child to figure out, and inexpensive enough that adults were not precious about it.
A procession of priests making an offering of blood or something precious .
We rely on them to cultivate a very precious natural resource, brainpower, and they consume a significant part of total government expenditure.
One final example of material evidence that indicates social inequality is metalwork, especially that produced in precious metals.
In addition, advances in surgical techniques increasingly allow for smaller biopsies, and precious tissue samples are quickly exhausted.
There were precious few defenders of this institution.
A literary work itself may also function as a crypt for this author, a way of holding onto someone or something precious yet problematic.
Precious substances, needing environmental stability, are sometimes stored in chalk.
In addition, it was necessary to recover the precious metals from the waste produced by goldsmiths or in the minting of coins.
Also, interpreting time is precious , so routine consultations are missing the interpreting time as the interviews need an interpreter.
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Translations of precious
in Chinese (Traditional)
珍貴的, 珍貴的，寶貴的, 不自然的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
珍贵的, 珍贵的，宝贵的, 不自然的…
in Spanish
precioso, de gran valor, preciado/da [masculine-feminine…
in Portuguese
precioso, de grande valor, valioso/-osa…
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मूल्यवान, दुर्मिळ, महाग किंवा महत्वाचे असल्यामुळे ज्याचे मूल्य पुष्कळ असू शकेल असे…
çok önemli, emsalsiz, nadir…
précieux/-euse, cher/chère, précieux…
அரிதான, விலையுயர்ந்த அல்லது முக்கியமானதாக இருப்பதால் பெரும் மதிப்பை உடையது…
قیمتی, گراں قدر, بیش قیمت…
tak ternilai, sangat berharga…
cenny, drogocenny, (drogo)cenny…
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