valuable

Definition

  • noun: a usually personal possession (as jewelry) of relatively great monetary 'value'
  • adjective: worth a lot of money
  • adjective: having monetary 'value'
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: precious, costly, worthy

Examples

  • He was named the league's 'most valuable player'. [=the player who contributes the most to his team's success]

  • Clean air is a 'valuable' natural resource that needs to be protected.

  • A lot of 'valuable' advice/information can be found in this book.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Nothing. That's the problem. That's why percent of Americans will not stand for a robot pulling the trigger. America is the world's most valuable market, and we can't touch it. With a domestic expansion we'd clear billion dollars per annual. In other words, every second that law (..)
    2014 RoboCop