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very special and important
precious
very special and important to someone - used about people or things:
• My family have always been precious to me. • His free time was very precious to him. • the place where I kept my most precious things
prized
very special and important to someone, so that they want very much to keep them or obtain them:
• The book was one of his most prized possessions . • The shells are prized for their beauty (= are considered to be very special ) .
treasured
very special and important to someone, especially because it is connected with someone they love:
• the case in which she kept her most treasured possessions • The holiday was now a treasured memory. • a treasured gift from her grandmother
irreplaceable
extremely special and important, especially because it is the only one of its kind:
• The manuscripts are said to be irreplaceable.
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj.
costly:
She had some precious stones.
adj.
cherished:
She was a precious child.
Simple Definitions
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adj. VERBS be | become ADV. extremely, incredibly, infinitely, very PREP. to You are infinitely precious to me.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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precious
nouns
time
• My time is precious, and I don't want to waste it.
seconds/moments/minutes/hours
• We knew we only had a few more precious hours together.
resources
• The government has squandered the country’s precious resources.
commodity
• Water is a precious commodity.
asset
• The organization’s most precious asset is its staff.
gift
• Her illness made her appreciate more the precious gift of life.
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