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    expensive
    /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

    adjective

    • 1. costing a lot of money: "keeping a horse is expensive"

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  2. Learn the meaning of expensive, an adjective that describes something that costs a lot of money. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from different contexts and domains.

  3. 1. : involving high cost or sacrifice. an expensive hobby. 2. a. : commanding a high price and especially one that is not based on intrinsic worth or is beyond a prospective buyer's means. b. : characterized by high prices. expensive shops. expensively adverb. expensiveness noun. Synonyms. big-ticket. costly. dear. extravagant. high-end.

  4. The adjective expensive means high in price, like the expensive basketball sneakers you had to work all summer to save up enough money to buy. Expensive comes from the 1620s, when it meant "given to profuse expenditure."

  5. Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word expensive, which means costing a lot of money. See examples, synonyms, collocations and word origin.

  6. Expensive definition: entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly. See examples of EXPENSIVE used in a sentence.

  7. Learn the meaning of expensive, a word that describes something that costs a lot of money. See synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage examples of expensive in British and American English.

  8. Learn the meaning of expensive as an adjective that describes something costly or high-priced. Find synonyms, translations, examples and usage notes for expensive in English and Spanish.