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

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

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.

If you say that something such as a resource is precious, you mean that it is valuable and should not be wasted or used badly. After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was …

PRECIOUS meaning: 1. of great value because of being rare, expensive, or important: 2. behaving in a very formal and…. Learn more.

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

If something is precious to you, you regard it as important and do not want to lose it.