Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #59 of 1319

valuable (adj.)

worth a lot

Examples

  • A valuable painting.

Key rules

  • Valuable means worth a lot of money, or very useful
  • Valuable to + person: valuable to the team
  • Value is the noun

Common mistakes

  • This painting is a valuable of art → This painting is a valuable work of art
  • The advice is value → The advice is valuable

Use cases

  • Describing jewellery and art
  • Praising helpful advice
  • Reviewing team members
💡 Tip: Valuable things are costly; invaluable means extremely useful.
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