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# priceless

«priceless» in Mova's school dictionary: **worth so much that no price could be put on it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (priceless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Priceless means worth so much that no price could be put on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#m1)

2) (informal) Priceless means very funny or amusing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and museum lessons, priceless treasures are irreplaceable; in everyday talk «That's priceless!» means very funny. Phrases: a priceless painting, priceless memories.

### examples

- The museum has a priceless gold crown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x1)
- Her face when she saw the cake was priceless! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x2)
- Friendship is priceless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x3)
- The robbers stole a priceless painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x4)
- That joke was priceless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x5)
- Old family photos are priceless to Nan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/#x6)

### note

A trap: priceless does NOT mean worthless or free; it means extremely valuable. Opposite: worthless. Not used with «more» or «very» normally.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «priceless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priceless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.