Definitions for precious
ˈprɛʃ əspre·cious

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cherished, precious, treasured, wantedadjective

   characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

   "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

2. preciousadjective

   of high worth or cost

   "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"

3. valued, preciousadjective

   held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

   "a valued friend"; "precious memories"

4. cute, preciousadverb

   obviously contrived to charm

   "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"

5. precious, preciouslyadverb

   extremely

   "there is precious little time left"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. preciousnoun

   someone (or something) who is loved; a darling

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

2. preciousadverb

   used as an intensifier

   There is precious little we can do.

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

3. preciousadjective

   of high value or worth, or seemingly regarded as such

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

4. preciousadjective

   regarded with love or tenderness.

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

5. preciousadjective

   treated with too much reverence.

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

6. preciousadjective

   contrived to be cute or charming

   Etymology: From precious, from precios, from pretiosus, from pretium; see price.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Preciousadjective

   of great price; costly; as, a precious stone

   Etymology: [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. prcieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See Price.]

2. Preciousadjective

   of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections

   Etymology: [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. prcieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See Price.]

3. Preciousadjective

   particular; fastidious; overnice

   Etymology: [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. prcieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See Price.]

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1. Precious

   Precious were a British girl group, comprising Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become a moderately popular act until the group disbanded in 2000.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Precious

   presh′us, adj. of great price or worth: costly: highly esteemed: worthless, contemptible (in irony): fastidious, overnice: (coll.) considerable: (B.) valuable because rare.—adv. (coll.) extremely.—n. Precios′ity, fastidiousness, affected overrefinement.—adv. Prec′iously.—ns. Prec′ious-met′al, a metal of great value, as gold or silver; Prec′iousness; Prec′ious-stone, a stone of value and beauty for ornamentation: a gem or jewel. [O. Fr. precios (Fr. précieux)—L. pretiosus—pretium, price.]

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'precious' in Adjectives Frequency: #717

How to pronounce precious?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of precious in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of precious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of precious in a Sentence

1. Steve Wozniak:

   Back then, when you bought electronic things like TVs and radios, every bit of the circuits and designs were included on paper. Total open source, if you know what you're doing... you could repair a lot of things at low cost. But it's even more precious to know that you did it yourself.

2. Kim Gang-lip:

   I don't think of this as an April Fool's prank...I wanted to tell you that protecting yourself is protecting the precious people around you.

3. Keya Morgan:

   Stan Lee's feeling a lot better because Stan Lee feels now Stan Lee's on a road to regaining what's Stan Lee, stan Lee would never want anyone to have Stan Lee most precious possession, which is Stan Lee identity.

4. Patrick Morrisey:

   While we’re obviously disappointed by the court’s decision, we maintain our strong belief that life is precious and must be defended at every stage, that includes safeguarding unborn children from pain, while also protecting the life of the mother. We will review the court’s decision and consider potential options.

5. Luke Bryan:

   I have FaceTimed on set with Katy's precious daughterDasiy Dove, but I haven't been able to do the baby fat, pinching the cheeks stuff yet.

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