expensive
adjective (expensive, more expensive, most expensive)
Everyday
Expensive means costing a lot of money. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and maths with money, an expensive thing has a high price; you compare prices to find which is more expensive or cheaper and by how much (subtract). Saving pocket money helps you buy expensive things. In safety and online, never use a parent's card to buy things without asking, because games and apps can become expensive. In stories, expensive jewels and cars show that someone is rich.
Examples
- That bike is too expensive for me. tree →
- Which toy is more expensive, the robot or the train? tree →
- The robot is $5 more expensive than the train. tree →
- Phones are expensive to fix if you drop them. tree →
- We bought the cheaper one; the other was too expensive. tree →
- Eating out every day is expensive. tree →
- Diamonds are very expensive. tree →
- It was not an expensive piece of wood. tree →
Note
Comparative «more expensive», not «expensiver». Opposite «cheap» or «inexpensive». In maths, «how much more expensive» means find the difference between the two prices (subtract). «Expensive» describes things, not prices: say «the price is high» rather than «the price is expensive».
In Jewish tradition
In everyday life and maths with money, an expensive thing has a high price; you compare prices to find which is more expensive or cheaper and by how much (subtract). Saving pocket money helps you buy expensive things. In safety and online, never use a parent's card to buy things without asking, because games and apps can become expensive. In stories, expensive jewels and cars show that someone is rich.
Examples
- Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
Comparative «more expensive», not «expensiver». Opposite «cheap» or «inexpensive». In maths, «how much more expensive» means find the difference between the two prices (subtract). «Expensive» describes things, not prices: say «the price is high» rather than «the price is expensive».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «expensive» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «expensive» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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