Crossword clues for valuable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
valuable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a helpful/useful/valuable suggestion
▪ He made various helpful suggestions.
a useful/valuable contribution
▪ I joined the society because I felt I could make a useful contribution.
a valuable/precious commodity
▪ Land is an extremely valuable commodity.
an important/useful/valuable clue
▪ The car used in the robbery may provide important clues.
precious/valuable time
▪ I’m sorry if I’m taking up your valuable time.
useful/valuable experience (=useful experience)
▪ That summer he got some valuable experience working in a tax office.
useful/valuable
▪ The information he gave me was very useful.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Unpaid work will at last be recognised as valuable.
▪ But as valuable as animals are, they have a serious drawback: by and large, they hate alcohol.
▪ Your time can be as valuable as your donation.
▪ It can generate new rewards that are as valuable or more valuable than those that are lost. 2.
▪ But there is something just as valuable: addresses.
extremely
▪ Quiet introspection can be extremely valuable, especially for people who lead busy, hectic lives and spend little time alone.
▪ After all, tangents are extremely valuable for your writing.
▪ The information gathered was extremely valuable and the discussions frank and positive.
▪ The nurses' guidance in how to hold, dress, and feed infants can be extremely valuable.
▪ This facility for associations which are neither obvious nor apparently logical is extremely valuable in creative thinking and problem solving.
▪ It therefore should be stated quite firmly that televised presidential debates are extremely valuable.
▪ Given all these factors, reminiscence should be an extremely valuable counselling aid.
▪ Security of this kind is extremely valuable in an open network like the Internet.
how
▪ In June they published a handbook about how valuable they were.
▪ It is too early to tell how good Jody is, how valuable she is to the program.
▪ I know how valuable sources are.
▪ He started talking about how valuable baseball cards were, and how easy it was to sell them.
▪ Ramsey asked how valuable it was to have scholarly men as bishops.
▪ Having carelessly lost it, companies have started to realize just how valuable, and how hard to restore, loyalty is.
▪ When you consider how much that extra amount can achieve, you will appreciate how valuable your Covenant can be.
▪ And Larsen himself had said how valuable Elisabeth's contribution might be. ... It was strangely hot.
less
▪ Suggest some reasons why the land in the background in the photograph is less valuable to farmers than that in the foreground.
▪ That makes old bonds less valuable.
▪ Does the fact that they are serving sentences made their lives less valuable?
▪ A similar process makes stocks seem less valuable.
▪ Family reconstitution and literary archaeology have revealed a mountain of more or less valuable information.
▪ Old and past-due accounts are obviously less valuable as collateral than the account of a customer with a reputation for prompt payment.
▪ But in addition, the time zone advantage is, as has been noted earlier, less valuable than was originally thought.
more
▪ Taking ideas and improving them is much more valuable than mere imitation.
▪ It can generate new rewards that are as valuable or more valuable than those that are lost. 2.
▪ This is usually more valuable than generating an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes.
▪ Options become more valuable when it rises, and less valuable when it declines.
▪ This will make agreement more difficult, but far more valuable when it comes.
▪ And the photocopier is more valuable than Phil Jackson.
▪ However, it is more valuable to think of a global school development plan which brings together all central and support activities.
▪ Rising dividends are more valuable than splits.
most
▪ The use of in-depth qualitative methods is relatively untried in driver research, but here is shown to be most valuable.
▪ Ultimately what is most valuable is what everybody knows.
▪ In the battle for human empathy that preceded the real conflict, they were the most valuable commodity.
▪ I kept the most valuable cards in acetate sleeves.
▪ The most valuable, worth £750, was stolen from a garage in Linden Avenue.
▪ My time is my most valuable and prized possession.
▪ The exchange between the first lady and her most valuable financial backers is riveting.
▪ Here, the battle is over some of the most valuable real estate in Southern California.
particularly
▪ The continuous recording of electrocardiogram and from it instantaneous heart rate was particularly valuable during events.
▪ Of the several active substances which were isolated, the cephalosporins have become particularly valuable.
▪ It was particularly valuable to learn of some of the principal concerns that exist and are obviously discussed by the committee from time to time.
▪ Our independent non-executive directors have a particularly valuable role especially in relation to audit and remuneration matters.
▪ Since this approach allows subjectivity to be addressed through the unconscious, it is particularly valuable in psychology.
▪ There was a very obvious kink where the avenue made a bend to avoid some particularly valuable eighteenth-century houses.
▪ The site will usually be widely advertised locally, although a particularly valuable or large site will be advertised nationally.
potentially
▪ What was a potentially valuable, or at least useful, asset in bricks and mortar rapidly becomes a liability.
▪ Moreover, Sally may have stalled or prevented a research endeavor with potentially valuable outcomes to the organization.
▪ The conversion of houses into flats was another potentially valuable source requiring sensitive handling.
▪ Because options are potentially valuable, they are not free!
▪ It is a potentially valuable model for working with a range of client groups.
▪ Again, potentially valuable data were largely wasted because of a mistake in presentation.
▪ Methane gas from rubbish tips is another potentially valuable source of energy.
▪ Many potentially valuable programs remain unused and unexploited.
so
▪ In the Aztec empire it was so valuable that cacao beans had a higher value than gold.
▪ Sadly, they split them down the heel, sorry indeed to ruin so valuable an item.
▪ There is no form of advertising so valuable as word of mouth.
▪ He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice.
▪ What could a lorry be carrying that its load was so valuable to a thief as to make Hatton's a feasible reward?
▪ Nothing so valuable has been taken from Norman.
▪ Some items are so valuable that the owners have been forced into bankruptcy by their loss.
▪ About why it's so valuable.
too
▪ They must have been too valuable to be discarded wantonly.
▪ Entrepreneurial time is too valuable to spend on frivolous games or, even worse, in killing time on the Internet.
▪ The fear is that Brightness is now too famous and too valuable to be set free.
▪ It is too valuable a document of human heartbreak and muddle to be scorned or dismissed.
▪ Jean-Pierre said the doctors were considered too valuable to be sent into the combat zone.
▪ You are too valuable a citizen to be allowed to destroy your health in however good a cause.
▪ But however bitter the resentment against purveyance, it was too valuable for the Crown to surrender.
▪ On the one hand, they are too valuable to be dismissed.
very
▪ If it means something not very valuable, why not water?
▪ When labor began, their preparation turned out to be very valuable.
▪ I am certain that 21 of the 22 district society presidents in 1991/92 found it to be very valuable.
▪ But I did learn some very valuable things.
▪ Apparently she agreed to marry him and he gave her a very valuable ring.
▪ Since she knows you best, her insights will be very valuable to you.
▪ Those which do, find that having a cat or bird or even goldfish around is very valuable.
▪ This would soon prove very valuable.
■ NOUN
addition
▪ They may also be taken as valuable additions to courses which do not specifically include them.
▪ On a technical level the book is well-informed, well-presented, and is a valuable addition to any serious mountaineer's library.
▪ It is relatively straight forward in operation, and once set can be forgotten - a valuable addition to the program.
▪ Although this book only covers the United States compliance regulations, it is nevertheless considered a very valuable addition to the literature.
▪ All this comes out in Worsley's excellent introduction, a very valuable addition to the literature on the subject.
▪ Intermittent rear wipers and fingertip radio controls under the steering wheel are valuable additions.
asset
▪ Yet in all but a very few, it is people that are the organisation's most costly and most valuable asset.
▪ Because a respected brand name is a valuable asset, the producer has a tremendous incentive to protect the reputation.
▪ A small collection of reference books is a most valuable asset on any farm.
▪ We consider him a valuable asset, so we had to respond to keep him for the long term.
▪ It has also been planned with the understanding that people are among the most valuable assets that any firm or corporation has.
▪ Amelia, as the most famous female pilot, therefore became a valuable asset to an airline and was treated more seriously.
▪ It hardened him and hardness proved an extremely valuable asset in the ring.
▪ If you have a good network of contacts, you have a valuable asset.
commodity
▪ And get the most valuable commodity of all.
▪ In the battle for human empathy that preceded the real conflict, they were the most valuable commodity.
▪ With food a more valuable commodity here than gold, the port is a flashpoint between marauding gangs of looters and bandits.
▪ Time, as you will agree, is the most valuable commodity that we possess.
▪ So information becomes a valuable commodity, and the gathering of it a labour-intensive industry.
▪ Time is one of our most valuable commodities.
consideration
▪ The priority is only available for a buyer defined as a buyer for valuable consideration, or a mortgagee.
contribution
▪ Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time.
▪ It grows well under water and could be a valuable contribution to the hobby.
▪ Members of hte Soemrville Souvenirs Group have continued their sterling work throughout the year and make a valuable contribution to College income.
▪ Use them all and you can enjoy savings of over £100, a valuable contribution to the cost of your game.
▪ Of course the paras make a valuable contribution.
▪ Professor Lacey left of his own accord and was thanked for his valuable contribution.
▪ The collection took place on 15/16 June and resulted in the most valuable contribution of £125,903 to the Association.
▪ At the same time, I am concerned that genuinely valuable contributions be rewarded in the normal way.
data
▪ Again, potentially valuable data were largely wasted because of a mistake in presentation.
▪ No, the most valuable data is the information you type in.
▪ There also exist many handbooks containing valuable data on more specialized subjects, such as the League of Nations economic reports.
▪ There are dozens of gopher computers out there, full of valuable data and open to the public.
▪ Much valuable data can be recovered by clever use of the flash answer.
experience
▪ My most valuable experience was a few years ago when I was living in a dingy student room in Grenoble.
▪ You have a lot of valuable experience, you have a lot to say.
▪ Here he gained valuable experience and, though occupied with much routine work, commenced innovative research.
▪ Projects in different parts of the country have gained valuable experience and useful lessons have been learned.
▪ The really valuable experience comes from landing in many different, unfamiliar places, whether they are fields or large aerodromes.
▪ They have valuable experience which could usefully be shared with governors of other types of school who are facing a similar challenge.
▪ In addition Board and senior managers from other organisations are often called upon to bring their valuable experiences to the Programme.
▪ The move has resulted in the loss of much valuable experience.
information
▪ In addition the repeat profiles provide valuable information on the mechanisms and rates of water movement in the unsaturated zone.
▪ Being aware of specific emotions gives you valuable information about yourself and how to proceed in particular situations.
▪ There is so much valuable information on tap that the London-based Soviet mission can not cope.
▪ These offer valuable information and rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals.
▪ Again these reports provide valuable information for those involved in odour control.
▪ It has valuable information, yet there is no extra charge.
▪ Since 1982 biennial national surveys conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys have provided valuable information on adolescent smoking behaviour.
▪ Your letters with all their valuable information have been brought to me.
insight
▪ An up-front market study can provide valuable insights and provide sharper focus for the subsequent search.
▪ They offer valuable insights into what can be expected from an orchestra dealing with fewer dollars.
▪ Second, the handling of humour in the book provides valuable insights.
▪ Working independently, J. Havelock Fidler came up with original and valuable insights into the operation of earth energy.
▪ If we recognize this possibility we may gain much valuable insight into the complex forces acting in the real world.
lesson
▪ A wide variety of valuable lessons is learned at such times when the pupils strengthen their ties with the School Community.
▪ He was going to teach me one of his valuable lessons.
▪ Indeed, it is from our failures that we learn our most valuable lessons.
▪ Competitive sport teaches valuable lessons which last for life.
▪ Watching them work, Truc and I learned several valuable lessons.
▪ For the undertaking m a dominant position, valuable lessons are to be learned from these examples.
▪ A number of them learned valuable lessons from difficult bosses-some even from bad bosses.
part
▪ The Adult Placement Scheme was a small but valuable part of the provision of accommodation.
▪ And having them perform is a very valuable part of the process.
▪ The campaigns that we have been conducting are moving in that direction because special constables have a particularly valuable part to play.
▪ His woodlands were a valuable part of the economy of his estate.
▪ Indeed, almost the most valuable part of the coelacanth anatomy, to the Comoreans, is its rough heavy scales.
▪ They are valuable parts of the network which the manager must handle.
▪ From the learner's point of view the most valuable part of this book consists of the 49 problems and answers.
▪ Some of the most valuable parts of the forest have been felled and the timber transported to Siberia.
player
▪ He remains a valuable player on first and second down.
▪ He has been a most valuable player a record three times.
▪ Crucially, though, failure has stemmed from the harsh way in which some of the more valuable players have been treated.
resource
▪ So, time is your most scarce and valuable resource especially in examinations.
▪ Simply put, it consumes too many valuable resources to be practiced indefinitely.
▪ The managers generally failed to take advantage of a potentially valuable resource, their immediate superiors.
▪ If staff are the most valuable resource in a surveying practice, then accommodation and equipment will rank second.
▪ Unfortunately, for growing numbers of consumers, these valuable resources are unavailable.
▪ The commitment of teachers is the most valuable resource that a school can have.
▪ This strategic approach aims to optimise information and technology as valuable resources to achieve the key business objectives of the corporation.
role
▪ Devise a recipe incorporating potatoes which shows what a valuable role they play in a healthy eating regime.
▪ Our independent non-executive directors have a particularly valuable role especially in relation to audit and remuneration matters.
▪ Their spokesman acknowledged the valuable role played by the Friends but argued the letters bordered on blackmail.
▪ To overlook this valuable role is to fail to take full advantage of unrivalled access to useful resources.
▪ Her most valuable role, especially as the company grew, was maintaining image.
▪ Consent, duly qualified, can play a subordinate but none the less valuable role in reinforcing independent obligations.
▪ Both schemes are accepted as playing a valuable role in institutional and personal development.
service
▪ She had given years of valuable service.
▪ Despite the valuable service the center provides, officials say funding remains tenuous at best.
▪ Kemp has performed a valuable service in opening up this area.
▪ Partnerships will provide a valuable service if they emphasise success and draw attention to it.
▪ The cleaner provides a valuable service in relieving its client of parasites and minor infections and gains a meal in the process.
▪ In recent years, there has been increasing criticism of the view that professionals provide valuable services to society.
▪ Is it the valuable service it's made out to be?
▪ Stephenson, for his part, organised directly among the coal owners for whom he was rendering a valuable service.
source
▪ These figures are a valuable source of information about the relative levels of development in different parts of the world economy.
▪ And the employees pronounced them a success and a valuable source of information about the take home trade.
▪ Backland sites were a theoretically valuable source but bringing them into use would need very sensitive handling.
▪ The report gives further evidence that residential and nursing homes are an enormously important and valuable source of care for the elderly.
▪ The conversion of houses into flats was another potentially valuable source requiring sensitive handling.
▪ All of these may be a valuable source for recruitment.
▪ These can be a valuable source of intelligence but frivolous or vexatious cases will be dealt with appropriately.
▪ Methane gas from rubbish tips is another potentially valuable source of energy.
time
▪ At Foxton, the side ponds allow refilling immediately after down traffic has lowered the water level, saving valuable time.
▪ Yes, any time your children can spend looking at how their community operates is valuable time.
▪ He wasn't prepared to waste valuable time on mere underlings like us.
▪ Sometimes, valuable time can be lost.
▪ Those who argue that creating such a structure would take years and waste valuable time are probably right.
▪ Every cupful of heated water is a measure of valuable time.
▪ I shall conclude now because I am taking up valuable time.
▪ This should include public holidays which may be a very valuable time for many families.
work
▪ A great deal of valuable work has been carried out on the interview itself.
▪ A valuable work, covering many aspects of social structure and population distribution, is that edited by R.E.
▪ Mr. Jackson I know from my personal experience of the valuable work that Apex has been doing.
▪ Often this can lead on to valuable work on the subject of bias in documents.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Valuable time was wasted correcting Dan's mistakes.
▪ a valuable piece of farmland
▪ Besides her studio apartment, she also owns a valuable estate in Italy.
▪ Don't lose this ring -- it's very valuable.
▪ I think we've all learned a valuable lesson today.
▪ Joyce gave us a lot of valuable advice when we first started the company.
▪ Nuclear power makes a valuable contribution to the environment by curbing carbon dioxide emissions.
▪ Rogers had purchased a valuable Hebrew manuscript from a dealer in Jerusalem.
▪ While it is valuable for children to have individual responsibilities, it is also good to share jobs with them.
▪ Your knowledge and experience would be very valuable to us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ First, this phase - though valuable - is obviously highly vulnerable.
▪ The general appearance of the holding, its grass, crops, and animals, give a valuable first impression.
▪ The state of California includes among its natural endowments an unusual variety of valuable marine mammals.
▪ This exercise would also offer valuable cross-curricular links.
▪ You've caused me to lose a whole valuable day's work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valuable
Valuable \Val"u*a*ble\, n. A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.
The food and valuables they offer to the gods.
--Tylor.
Valuable
Valuable \Val"u*a*ble\, a.
Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.
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Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.
Valuable consideration (Law), an equivalent or compensation having value given for a thing purchased, as money, marriage, services, etc.
--Blackstone.
--Bouvier.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
valuable
"of great value or price," 1580s, from value (v.) + -able. As a noun, "a valuable thing," from 1775 (in modern use often in plural). Related: Valuably.
Wiktionary
valuable
a. 1 Having a great value. 2 estimable; deserving esteem n. a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
WordNet
valuable
adj. having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "another human being equally valuable in the sight of God"; "a valuable diamond" [ant: worthless]
having worth or merit or value; "a valuable friend"; "a good and worthful man" [syn: worthful]
of great importance or use or service; "useful information"; "valuable advice" [syn: useful, of value]
n. something of value; "all our valuables were stolen"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "valuable".
The discovery of radium is chiefly accredited to a woman, and women have a few valuable inventions to their credit.
Railgun launchers shot barrels of pure hydrogen ice up to a drifting ekti reactor that would catalyze the hydrogen into ekti, the valuable allotrope used as stardrive fuel.
We should walk briskly, pausing only for a few important measurements and almost certainly making valuable discoveries about springs of fresh water, mineral ores, antiscorbutic vegetables and the like.
Education is especially valuable, in fact, in that it so adds to the experience of the child that he may more fully apperceive his surroundings.
Although when the child apperceives a stick as a horse, and the mechanic apperceives it as a lever, each interpretation is valuable within its own sphere, yet there is evidently a marked difference in the ultimate significance of the two interpretations.
A most valuable course of local treatment, which may be adopted by any intelligent lady without the aid of a physician, and one that will result in the greatest benefit when there is morbid sensibility, congestion, inflammation, or ulceration about the mouth or neck of the womb, consists in applying to those parts a roll of medicated cotton or soft sponge, allowing it to remain there for twelve hours at a time.
Movie rights or translation rights into Czech or Swedish might bring in valuable extra income, but much more important, both artistically and in the long run commercially, were editions in English or French.
This is a most valuable astringent and exerts a specific action upon the nervous system.
Tower had been balky about leaving New York even after Jack and George Biondi had threatened to burn his most valuable books right in front of his eyes.
The priest had proved to be a valuable ally when the Bartek Springs town council had decided, much as Her Highness had, that this was a bardic problem.
Josiah Bartram had evidently built the special cellar as a place to store valuables.
It was rare and valuable in a pure state only because we had not as yet perfected a way of extracting beryllium cheaply.
Severus considered the Roman empire as his property, and had no sooner secured the possession, than he bestowed his care on the cultivation and improvement of so valuable an acquisition.
One hundred years before the birth of Christ, a philosophical treatise, which manifestly betrays the style and sentiments of the school of Plato, was produced by the Alexandrian Jews, and unanimously received as a genuine and valuable relic of the inspired Wisdom of Solomon.
His courtesy seemed based on a respect that was, itself, almost more valuable to Bonner than money.