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{
"term": "precious",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "rare and worth a lot of money",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a precious vase"
},
{
"text": "The crown was set with precious jewels—diamonds, rubies and emeralds."
},
{
"text": "precious metals"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "valuable or important and not to be wasted",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Clean water is a precious commodity in that part of the world."
},
{
"text": "You're wasting precious time!"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "loved or valued very much",
"sensetop": "precious to somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**precious memories/possessions**"
},
{
"text": "You are infinitely precious to me.",
"contextForm": "precious to somebody"
},
{
"text": "My family is the most precious thing I have in my life."
},
{
"text": "They managed to salvage a few precious possessions from the fire."
}
],
"synonyms": "treasured",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to show you are angry that another person thinks something is very important",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't touch your precious car!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "very formal, exaggerated and not natural in what you say and do",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [],
"synonyms": "affected"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpreʃəs/",
"audio": "pr/precious/precious__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpreʃəs/",
"audio": "pr/precious/precious__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French precios, from Latin pretiosus ‘of great value’, from pretium ‘price’."
}