The meaning of PRECIOUS is of great value or high price. How to use precious in a sentence.

When Ms. Rain discovers Precious and Abdul sleeping the next morning, she frantically calls local shelters in search of a safe place for Precious and Abdul to live, but they end up staying with Ms. …

PRECIOUS definition: 1. of great value because of being rare, expensive, or important: 2. behaving in a very formal and…. Learn more.

Define precious. precious synonyms, precious pronunciation, precious translation, English dictionary definition of precious. adj. 1. Of high cost or worth; valuable: precious jewels.

PRECIOUS meaning: 1 : rare and worth a lot of money; 2 : very valuable or important too valuable or important to be wasted or used carelessly

Definition of precious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

From Middle English precious, from Old French precios ("valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical"), from Latin pretiosus ("of great value, costly, dear, precious"), from pretium ("value, …

Precious generally refers to something that is highly valued, cherished, or considered of great importance. It can be used to describe something rare, valuable, or sentimental in nature, often …

To call something precious is to describe it as highly valued. Think of a gemstone when you call your baby sister precious. Diamonds, emeralds and rubies are all precious stones and gold and silver are …

3 days ago · Adjective precious (comparative more precious, superlative most precious) Of high value or worth.