{
    "term": "precious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "rare and worth a lot of money",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a precious vase"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crown was set with precious jewels—diamonds, rubies and emeralds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "precious metals"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "valuable or important and not to be wasted",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Clean water is a precious commodity in that part of the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're wasting precious time!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "loved or valued very much",
            "sensetop": "precious to somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**precious memories/possessions**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are infinitely precious to me.",
                    "contextForm": "precious to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My family is the most precious thing I have in my life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They managed to salvage a few precious possessions from the fire."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "treasured",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "very", "incredibly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to show you are angry that another person thinks something is very important",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't touch your precious car!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "very formal, exaggerated and not natural in what you say and do",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "affected"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpreʃəs/",
                "audio": "pr/precious/precious__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpreʃəs/",
                "audio": "pr/precious/precious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French precios, from Latin pretiosus ‘of great value’, from pretium ‘price’."
}