priceless
adjective (priceless)
Everyday
- Priceless means worth so much that no price could be put on it. tree →
- (informal) Priceless means very funny or amusing. tree →
In the lessons
In history and museum lessons, priceless treasures are irreplaceable; in everyday talk «That's priceless!» means very funny. Phrases: a priceless painting, priceless memories.
Examples
- The museum has a priceless gold crown. tree →
- Her face when she saw the cake was priceless! tree →
- Friendship is priceless. tree →
- The robbers stole a priceless painting. tree →
- That joke was priceless. tree →
- Old family photos are priceless to Nan. tree →
Note
A trap: priceless does NOT mean worthless or free; it means extremely valuable. Opposite: worthless. Not used with «more» or «very» normally.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «priceless» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «priceless» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/priceless/