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valuable

/ˈvæljəbəl/

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What does valuable mean?

adjective

  1. Having a great value.
  2. Estimable; deserving esteem.

noun

  1. A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈvæljəbəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈvæljubəl/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Everybody was frantic over this loss, and two brave yeomen sacrificed their lives in ransacking the burning house seeking that valuable personage.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
I persuaded his executor to act, on the chance that the jewel might prove to be a valuable acquisition to the family.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
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At any public affair, involving the pride and honor of a prominent family, there must always be a distribution of valuable presents.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
From that time I studied at home, where I was a much more valuable economic factor than I had been in school.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
This statement opens the way to an interesting and valuable interpretation of the psychological significance of this phenomenon of the mental life.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449