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

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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, …