Valuable means worth a lot of money or very important and useful. Something can be valuable because it costs a lot or because it helps you a great deal.
From Latin 'valere' meaning 'to be strong, be worth'. It came into English through Old French 'value' and Middle English forms, slowly shifting from strength and worth to money value and importance.
When you call advice or time ‘valuable’, you’re secretly using the same root as ‘value’ in math and ‘valid’ in logic. It’s all about something having real ‘weight’ or power in a situation. So ‘valuable’ isn’t just about money—it’s about what truly makes a difference.
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