priceless
/ˈpraɪsləs/adjective
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अनमोल, बहुमूल्य
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extremely valuable or important
अनमोल, बहुमूल्य
- priceless paintings
- Your advice is priceless.
- The museum keeps a priceless collection of ancient coins.
+ 2 more examples
- Radhika's laughter was a priceless memory for her friends.
- A good teacher's encouragement is priceless.
Synonyms invaluable precious irreplaceable inestimable treasured
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
priceless (adjective) — before and after a noun
Priceless means so valuable that no price can be set; it does not mean 'without a price' or 'worthless'. It works before a noun and after a linking verb.
'Priceless' का अर्थ इतना मूल्यवान कि कोई क़ीमत न लगाई जा सके है; इसका अर्थ 'बिना क़ीमत' या 'बेकार' नहीं है। यह noun से पहले और linking verb के बाद दोनों जगह आता है।
- The museum has a priceless collection of manuscripts.
- Her advice was priceless.
priceless to sb
Use to before the person for whom something has great value.
जिस व्यक्ति के लिए कोई चीज़ अत्यंत मूल्यवान हो, उसके पहले to आता है।
- The old photograph is priceless to my grandmother.
priceless (informal: very funny)
In informal British English, priceless can also mean hilarious, usually describing a remark or a face.
Informal British English में 'priceless' का अर्थ बहुत हास्यास्पद भी हो सकता है, प्रायः किसी टिप्पणी या चेहरे के लिए।
- The look on his face was priceless.
not gradable in the strict sense
Priceless is a strong adjective, so it is normally not used with very; use absolutely or truly instead.
'Priceless' प्रबल adjective है, इसलिए सामान्यतः इसके साथ very नहीं लगता; उसकी जगह absolutely या truly लगाएँ।
- The letters are absolutely priceless to historians.
+Collocations 4
priceless + noun
gifttreasureantiqueadvicememory
- A grandmother's blessing is a priceless gift.
adverb + priceless
trulyabsolutelysimplyalmostquite
- The experience was simply priceless.
priceless + art
paintingsculpturejewelmanuscriptrelic
- A priceless sculpture was stolen from the temple.
be + priceless
seemremainprovefeel
- Her friendship proved priceless in hard times.
“More examples 5
- Radhika calls her mother's old saree a priceless treasure.
राधिका अपनी माँ की पुरानी साड़ी को अनमोल धरोहर कहती है।
- The Kohinoor is among the most priceless jewels in the world.
कोहिनूर दुनिया के सबसे अमूल्य रत्नों में से एक है।
- Good health is priceless.
अच्छा स्वास्थ्य अनमोल है।
- The teacher's encouragement was priceless for the nervous student.
घबराए हुए विद्यार्थी के लिए शिक्षक का प्रोत्साहन अनमोल था।
- The old library holds priceless records of the freedom struggle.
पुराने पुस्तकालय में स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के अमूल्य अभिलेख रखे हैं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Priceless, valuable and worthless are easy to confuse.
Priceless, valuable और worthless में अक्सर भ्रम हो जाता है।
So valuable that its worth cannot be measured.
इतना मूल्यवान कि उसका मूल्य मापा न जा सके।
- The relic is priceless.
Worth a lot of money or very useful.
बहुत धन के मूल्य का या बहुत उपयोगी।
- The ring is valuable.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the valuable words together: priceless, invaluable, precious, inestimable (too great to be measured), irreplaceable.
मूल्यवान के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: priceless, invaluable, precious, inestimable (मापने के लिए बहुत बड़ा), irreplaceable।
Keep the -less words that are positive: priceless, tireless (never tiring), dauntless (fearless), selfless.
सकारात्मक -less शब्द याद रखिए: priceless, tireless (कभी न थकने वाला), dauntless (निडर), selfless।
§Grammar and usage
Trap, asked very often: priceless and invaluable both mean extremely valuable (too valuable to have a price), not 'without value'; the opposite is worthless or valueless.
Trap बहुत पूछा जाता है: priceless और invaluable दोनों का अर्थ अत्यंत मूल्यवान है (कीमत लगाने के लिए बहुत मूल्यवान), 'मूल्यहीन' नहीं; विपरीत worthless या valueless है।