SEMI-PRECIOUS

Meaning of SEMI-PRECIOUS in English

Note: in AM, also use 'semiprecious'

Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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SEMI-PRECIOUS — ■ adjective denoting minerals which can be used as gems but are considered to be less valuable than precious stones.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEMI-PRECIOUS — adjective [ usually before noun ] ( of a jewel ) less valuable than the most valuable types of jewels
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI-PRECIOUS — ˌsem ‧ i-ˈprecious BrE AmE British English , sem‧i‧pre‧cious American English /ˌsemiˈpreʃəs◂/ adjective a semi-precious jewel or stone is valuable, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI-PRECIOUS — Note: in AM, also use 'semiprecious' Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI-PRECIOUS — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires as well as a mixture of semi-precious stones glinted and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEMI-PRECIOUS — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SEMI-PRECIOUS — adj. Semi-precious is used with these nouns: ↑ stone
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEMI — semi- [occurring in compounds] semi- (= half)
Interlingua English vocab
SEMI — I. ˈsemē, -mi noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, short for semi bejanus semibejan, from Latin semi- + New …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpreshəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMI- — in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ . |semē or |seˌmī or |semi or ( usu not before vowels ) |semə prefix Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — — preciously , adv. — preciousness , n. /presh"euhs/ , adj. 1. of high price or great value; very valuable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpre-shəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price — more at price Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEMI- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German sāmi- half, Greek hēmi- 1. a. : precisely half …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj particular; fastidious; overnice. 2. precious ·adj of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. 3. precious ·add. ·adj particular; …
Webster English vocab
SEMI- — [semi-] prefix [ME, fr. L; akin to OHG sami- half, Gk hemi-] 1 a: precisely half of: (1): forming a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMI — [semi] n, pl sem.is [short for semidetached] (1912) chiefly Brit: a semidetached house [2]semi n, pl sem.is (1942): semitrailer [3]semi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMI — semi BrE AmE ˈsem i -aɪ ▷ semi|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — precious BrE AmE ˈpreʃ əs ▷ precious|ly li ▷ precious|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ precious ˈ metal BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEMI — / ˈsemi; NAmE / noun ( pl. semis ) 1. ( BrE , informal ) a semi-detached house (= one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — / ˈpreʃəs; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. rare and worth a lot of money : a precious …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI- — semi- /semi/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Latin ] 1 . exactly half: a semicircle 2 . partly but not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI — sem ‧ i /ˈsemi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural semis ) [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: semi-detached …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECIOUS — I. pre ‧ cious 1 /ˈpreʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: precios , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI- — prefix 1 half (semicircle). 2 partly; in some degree or particular (semi-official; semi-detached). 3 almost (a semi-smile). 4 occurring or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [abbr.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [ abbr. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1. Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. Etymology: abbr.
Oxford English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
SEMI- — Semi- combines with adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something as being partly, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI — ( semis) 1. A semi is a semi-detached house. ( BRIT INFORMAL ) N-COUNT 2. In a sporting competition, the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is precious , you mean that it is valuable and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is ~, you mean that it is valuable and should …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SEMI — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Phebus beat Stanford's Ania Blezynski in the semis. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Leicester won …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a precious possession (= one that is valuable or important to you ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEMI — (COMPETITION) [noun] [C] [plural] semis - informal for semi-final, see at semi- (HALF)You did very well to make it to …
Cambridge English vocab
PRECIOUS — (PERFECTING) [adjective] [disapproving] - behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to unimportant details …
Cambridge English vocab
SEMI
Slang English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 of such great value that a suitable price is hard to estimate FF1C; a precious twelfth …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SEMI — noun Semi is used before these nouns: ↑ trailer , ↑ truck
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective precious works of art : VALUABLE, costly, expensive; invaluable, priceless, beyond price. her most precious possession : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEMI — /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ A spoken abbreviation for semicolon. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi semi star" means that the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. 1 dear, dearest, costly, expensive, high-priced, valuable, invaluable, prized, priceless, irreplaceable, Colloq pricey The entire cabinet was filled with …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SEMI — 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is ;;* …
Jargon File English vocabulary
SEMI- — прист. в сложный словах означает половинный, частичный semi-annual ≈ полугодовой semi-official ≈ полуофициальный в сложных словах имеет значение: половина - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI — сущ.; разг. 1) одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом 2) спорт полуфинал (сокр. от semidetached house) (разговорное) одноквартирный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone ≈ драгоценный камень precious metal ≈ благородный металл Happiness was the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI — _I ʹsemı n ( сокр. от semidetached hose) разг. одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом _II ʹsemı = …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRECIOUS — precious.ogg 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEMI- — прист.в сложный словах означает половинный, частичный semi-annual — полугодовой semi-official — полуофициальный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRECIOUS — precious прил.1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SEMI — _I ʹsemı n ( сокр. от semidetached hose) разг. одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом _II ʹsemı = …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a 1. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SEMI
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the most precious gift. — Счастье …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRECIOUS — 1. _a. 1> драгоценный; precious stone - драгоценный камень 2> дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! - _ирон. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRECIOUS — 1. a. 1. драгоценный; precious stone - драгоценный камень 2. дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! - ирон. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PRECIOUS — 1. _a. 1> драгоценный; precious stone драгоценный камень 2> дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! _ирон. хорош друг! …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PRECIOUS — I n infml Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see — Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты лезешь …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PRECIOUS — I n infml Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see — Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики

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