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                              adj. worth a lot of money  VERBS  be, look | become | remain ADV.  extremely, really, very | quite, rather | commercially commercially valuable expertise very useful  VERBS  be, prove, seem | become | remain | make sb/sth They have skills and qualities which make them highly valuable. | consider sth ADV.  eminently, enormously, especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, highly, immensely, most, particularly, really, truly, very | increasingly | quite | equally The subject could be equally valuable for scientists. | inherently, intrinsically The Romantics believed that the life of the imagination was intrinsically valuable. | potentially | ecologically, educationally, scientifically, socially ecologically valuable species PREP.  as The survey was valuable as an indicator of local opinion. | for Good eyesight is a quality which is extremely valuable for a hunting animal. | to documents that are enormously valuable to historians
                        
                        
 
                        
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                            valuable
nouns 
help 
• There can be no doubt that this sort of help is valuable for teachers. 
advice 
• The booklet contains valuable advice for new mothers. 
information 
• The police were contacted by a number of people who had valuable information about the bombings. 
experience 
• The experience you can gain in a small advertising agency will be very valuable. 
contribution 
• He made a valuable contribution to our work. 
asset 
• If you have a good network of contacts, you have a valuable asset. 
source 
• Fish are a valuable source of protein. 
tool 
• Exercise is a valuable tool in treating depression. 
verbs 
prove valuable 
(= be valuable for someone )
• This advice was to prove valuable. 
                        
                        
 
                        
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                            worth a lot of money 
valuable 
worth a lot of money and expensive to buy: 
• a valuable piece of jewellery • The carpet is extremely valuable. 
priceless 
so valuable that it is impossible to calculate a price: 
• a priceless painting by Rembrandt • The statue is priceless. 
precious metal/stone 
precious metals such as gold, or stones such as diamonds are very rare and expensive: 
• Back in ancient times, coins contained precious metals. • The ring was set with dozens of precious stones. 
worth a lot/a fortune 
informal to be worth a very large amount of money: 
• Some rare baseball cards are worth a fortune. 
very special and important 
precious 
very special and important to someone - used about people or things: 
• My family have always been precious to me. • His free time was very precious to him. • the place where I kept my most precious things 
prized 
very special and important to someone, so that they want very much to keep them or obtain them: 
• The book was one of his most prized possessions . • The shells are prized for their beauty (= are considered to be very special ) . 
treasured 
very special and important to someone, especially because it is connected with someone they love: 
• the case in which she kept her most treasured possessions • The holiday was now a treasured memory. • a treasured gift from her grandmother 
irreplaceable 
extremely special and important, especially because it is the only one of its kind: 
• The manuscripts are said to be irreplaceable.
                        
                        
 
                        
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