Definitions for valuable
ˈvæl yu ə bəl, -yə bəlvalu·able

Princeton's WordNet(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. valuable(adj)

   something of value

   "all our valuables were stolen"

2. valuable(adj)

   having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

   "a valuable diamond"

3. valuable, worthful(adj)

   having worth or merit or value

   "a valuable friend"; "a good and worthful man"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. valuable(Noun)

   a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; usually used in plural form.

2. valuable(Adjective)

   having a great value.

   That ring over there is very valuable

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Valuable(adj)

   having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo

2. Valuable(adj)

   worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion

3. Valuable(noun)

   a precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'valuable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2628

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'valuable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3695

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'valuable' in Adjectives Frequency: #350

How to pronounce valuable?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say valuable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of valuable in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of valuable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of valuable in a Sentence

1. Daniel Radcliffe:

   To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you dont entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you.

2. Hazel Blears:

   Women or mothers in middle-age or mid-career have valuable life experience and may offer an untapped recruitment pool.

3. Vin Lananna:

   I think this is the start, i don't think everything can happen all at once. I think what we have created is a valuable show, the entertainment has been really good.

4. Dan Guido:

   That key is one of the most valuable pieces of data the entire company owns, someone with that key can change all the data on all the iPhones.

5. Norman Lear:

   We had no f ****** experience at all. And there were guys in radio who had been working 18, 20 years, and they were well-known comedy writers. But we were television comedy writers because we had written a television show for two weeks, that's the way America works. Suddenly, we were more valuable than we could possibly have been had we been writing for seven years in radio.

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