PRECIOUS definition: of high price or great value; very valuable or costly. See examples of precious used in a sentence.

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

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.

We have precious little money at present. (Definition of precious from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Set in Harlem in 1987, the story centers on sixteen-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones, a morbidly obese girl so void of self-worth that she refers to herself without irony as "ugly black …

Synonyms for PRECIOUS: valuable, expensive, costly, premium, extravagant, priceless, dear, high; Antonyms of PRECIOUS: inexpensive, cheap, reasonable, worthless, moderate, …

Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value. Precious metals, particularly the noble metals, are more corrosion resistant and less …

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 …

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