word-vault/dist/data/cards/va/valuable.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "valuable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "worth a lot of money",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My home is my most **valuable asset**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She claims hospitals waste **valuable resources** by admitting patients days before surgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "valuable antiques"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Luckily, nothing valuable was stolen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The thieves took three pieces of valuable jewellery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hired an expert to prove that the deposits were commercially valuable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "commercially valuable expertise"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very useful or important",
            "sensetop": "valuable to somebody/somethingvaluable for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **valuable experience/lesson**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should gain some **valuable insights** into the world of business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "documents that are enormously valuable to historians",
                    "contextForm": "valuable to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book provides **valuable information** on recent trends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had already made a **valuable contribution** to economic theory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results will be a **valuable tool** for further research in the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This advice was to prove valuable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spinach is a valuable source of iron."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The data will be extremely valuable for medical research.",
                    "contextForm": "valuable for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a simple blood test that is very valuable in the management of diabetes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Student input can be particularly valuable in improving the teaching process."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Romantics believed that the life of the imagination was intrinsically valuable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The subject could be equally valuable for scientists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The survey was valuable as an indicator of local opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have skills and qualities which make them highly valuable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ecologically valuable species"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a valuable experience for all of us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet can be a very valuable learning tool."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["as", "for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvæljuəbl/",
                "audio": "va/valuable/valuable__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvæljuəbl/",
                "audio": "va/valuable/valuable__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}