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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
invaluable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an invaluable/outstanding contribution (=extremely useful)
▪ He won the award for his outstanding contribution over many years.
invaluable experience (=extremely useful experience)
▪ Playing in the under-21 squad gives these young players invaluable experience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
asset
▪ For some people it may be an unwanted distraction; for others it may be an exciting and invaluable asset. 5.
▪ The waterway has proved an invaluable asset.
experience
▪ One of the directors of the Churches Voluntary Work Bureau said the project would be an invaluable experience.
▪ Working in a manufacturing company, or as a solicitor or chartered accountant gives invaluable experience.
▪ Faldo has the invaluable experience of having won twice at Augusta.
help
▪ In developing both our general policy and our test items, we have had invaluable help from many teachers.
▪ A student of Plato, Xenocrates, does provide invaluable help.
▪ We will continue to depend heavily upon their help for the foreseeable future and gratefully acknowledge their invaluable help.
▪ The Council appreciates their support of the programme and the invaluable help provided by the local centres which run the courses.
▪ Thank you for your invaluable help - what luck to find you.
resource
▪ These texts constitute an invaluable resource, documenting particular experiences and interpretations of experiences and attitudes.
source
▪ This hard backed book is an invaluable source for the amateur photographer who wants to make the break into studio work.
▪ A second and equally valid argument is that the publishing world is an invaluable source of knowledge.
▪ It is an invaluable source of information to those attempting to prevent or seeking to abate odour problems.
▪ The whole work is well presented and is recommended as an invaluable source of reference in the analytical laboratory.
▪ This provides an invaluable source of information on causes of death and trends over time.
▪ An invaluable source of reference for the aircraft historian, and a worthy addition to the bookshelf.
▪ Programs such as this are an invaluable source of information and can be used time and time again.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Contact with Western medical techniques proved invaluable, and the student doctors have benefited greatly.
▪ Improved sewage and water services were invaluable in preventing disease.
▪ Margaret's sensible suggestions have been invaluable to us.
▪ Martin's marketing expertise has been invaluable to our project.
▪ This book has been invaluable as a source of teaching materials.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Invaluable

Invaluable \In*val"u*a*ble\, a. Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
invaluable

1570s, "above value," from in- (1) "not" + value (v.) "estimate the worth of" + -able. It also has been used in a sense "without value, worthless" (1630s).

Wiktionary
invaluable

a. 1 Of great value; costly, precious, priceless. 2 Very useful. 3 Beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth

WordNet
invaluable

adj. having incalculable monetary worth [syn: priceless]

Usage examples of "invaluable".

Golden Medical Discovery will be found invaluable as an alterative, blood purifier, and nerve tonic, and should be taken regularly while Dr.

Darwin and Wallace have each thrown invaluable light upon these last two points, but Buffon, as early as 1756, had made them the keystone of his system.

I also appreciate the invaluable help of eight people with diabetes who contributed their experiences and their wisdom to my book: Jewett Pattee, Reverend Edward Schroeder, Michael Jessup, Rod Frantz, Vicki Gaubeca, Michael Raymond, Joe Clifford, and Jim Collins.

AA sponsor like to remind Gately how this new resident Geoffrey Day could end up being an invaluable teacher of patience and tolerance for him, Gately, as Ennet House Staff.

She was thankful, truly thankful, that the dear kind Briggs, that the faithful, the invaluable Firkin, had been permitted to remain with their benefactress through her illness.

Maund, and test readers Valeric Gemmell, Edith Graham, Stella Graham, Stan Nicholls and Tom Taylor, whose advice throughout was invaluable.

David Axelrod, Cassandra Butts, Forrest Claypool, Julius Genachowski, Scott Gration, Robert Fisher, Michael Froman, Donald Gips, John Kupper, Anthony Lake, Susan Rice, Gene Sperling, Cass Sunstein, and Jim Wallis took the time to read the manuscript and provided me with invaluable suggestions.

Boots and his brothers thanked the Hobdays, as well as Cassie and Freddy, for their invaluable help then departed homewards.

Lady Inula was a conduit for invaluable information about the Argonath and the Witch Isles.

Judeo-Christian Bible is an invaluable index to the neurogenetic level of the period in which it was written.

Although this exercise was one of the most tedious and time-consuming aspects of our work, it was invaluable in giving us a clear and detailed picture of how well, or otherwise, schools in the county were doing, what were the issues which needed to be addressed and whether standards, particularly in literacy and numeracy, were rising or falling.

While Don Sancho and his invaluable ally were thus engaged, Don Garcia, King of Galicia, who was also anxious to increase his kingdom, deprived his sister Dona Urraca of her city of Zamora.

Hollinghurst Manor had to be yucky enough to allow them to get that invaluable first goal on the great scoresheet.

This supplies the room with allotropic oxygen and is invaluable in treating diseases of the lungs and air passages.

Whether or not she realized it, she was an invaluable source of information, Ambrose thought, turning a page of the newspaper.