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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spen
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
costing a relatively large amount of money, time, or effort; costly.
These were an expensive pair of shoes but they were poorly made.They went out for an expensive dinner to celebrate her promotion.It was an expensive mistake that nearly destroyed the reputation of the company.- synonyms:
- costly, dear
- antonyms:
- cheap, inexpensive
- similar words:
- excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, high, lavish, precious, priceless, steep, stiff, valuable
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| definition 2: |
charging a relatively large amount of money.
I never shop at these expensive stores.It's an expensive restaurant, but it's very popular.- antonyms:
- cheap, inexpensive
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| related words: |
copious, costly, fancy, luxurious |
adverb + (adj.)expensive
considerably,
enormously,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
hugely,
increasingly,
incredibly,
least,
less,
more,
most,
outrageously,
potentially,
prohibitively,
relatively,
ridiculously,
substantially,
terribly,
too,
vastly,
very,
way,
wildly
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(adj.)expensive
+ noun
alternative,
automobile,
battery,
bottle,
brand,
champagne,
cleanup,
clothes,
clothing,
designer,
equipment,
fabric,
furniture,
gasoline,
gift,
hardware,
hobby,
housing,
insurance,
item,
jewelry,
leather,
litigation,
medication,
menu,
option,
perfume,
procedure,
proposition,
purchase,
repair,
restaurant,
shoe,
silk,
suit,
taste,
toy,
treatment,
undertaking,
watch,
wine
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| derivations: |
expensively (adv.), expensiveness (n.) |
The word expensive
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exalt, exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exclusion, exhaust, exit, exorbitant, expatriate, expedition, expel, expensive, explicable, export, expurgate, extemporaneous, extract, inexplicable
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
pend, pens
Latin
root
that means hang; weigh; spend
Example words:
append, appendix, depend, dependable, dependent, independence, independent, pendulum, suspend, suspense, expend, expensive, pensive, impend
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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