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# valuable

«valuable» in Mova's school dictionary: **worth a lot of money** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (valuable, more valuable, most valuable); noun (valuables — plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Valuable means worth a lot of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#m1)

2) Very useful or important: valuable advice, valuable time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#m2)

3) (noun, plural) Valuables are small things you own that are worth a lot, like jewellery or phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and safety: keep valuables safe, do not leave them in view in a car. In stories: treasure is valuable. In maths and money problems: the more valuable coin. Phrases: "valuable lesson", "valuable time".

### examples

- Gold is valuable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x1)
- Her old ring is very valuable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x2)
- Thank you for your valuable help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x3)
- I learned a valuable lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x4)
- Keep your valuables in a locker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x5)
- Which coin is the most valuable? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x6)
- Water is more valuable than gold in the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x7)
- Inside, in the hall, valuable oil paintings were hanging on the walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/#x8)

### note

Opposite: worthless. Trap: "invaluable" means extremely valuable, not "not valuable". Spelling: value → valuable (drop the e).

### In the corpora

- [Money or something valuable found at school should go to a teacher or the office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/9/)
- [In Europa Universalis 5 sugar is a valuable trade good from Caribbean colonies and grain is the plain good of many locations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/6/)
- [Every life, big or small, is valuable and worth caring for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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