expensive

Meanings

• adjective

  Costing a lot of money; high-priced.

• adjective

  Worth a lot of money.

• adjective

  Lavish; luxurious.

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Pronunciation

1. /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
   
   
   
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2. /ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

cheap , inexpensive , low-priced

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with expensive
dense , ensemble , ensembleance , ensign , enseigne , ensignia , ensignman , ensignment , ensignorial , ensigns , ensnare , ensnared , ensnaring , ensnareds , ensnarement , ensnarement's , ensnarements , ensnaredly , ensnaredness , ensnaredsman , ensnaredswoman , ensnarement's , ensnarements' , ensnarements's

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Variants

List of all variants of expensive that leads to same result
expensive , expensively , expensiveness , expensivenesses

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Old French despenser 'to spend', from dispenser 'to dispose of'. Related to spend.

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Trivia

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1. The most expensive painting ever sold was Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which fetched $450.3 million at auction in 2017.

2. The most expensive car ever sold was a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, which fetched $38.1 million at auction in 2014.

3. The most expensive diamond ever sold was the Cullinan Diamond, which weighed 3,106.75 carats and was sold for $35.6 million in 1907.

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Related Concepts

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1. luxury: Expensive items are often considered luxuries. A luxury is a product or service that is not essential but is considered desirable because of its perceived ability to improve one's quality of life.

2. wealth: Expensive items are often associated with wealth. Wealth is the state of having a great quantity of items of economic value or the state of owning properties and having an abundant source of income.

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Culture

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Expensive items are often associated with luxury, wealth, and exclusivity. In literature, expensive items are frequently used as symbols of status and desirability. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the extravagant parties and expensive possessions of the wealthy characters represent their attempts to buy happiness and social status.

How to Memorize "expensive"

1. visualize
   

   - To memorize the word 'expensive', visualize a store with high-priced items that only wealthy people can afford.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'expensive' with the word 'luxury' or 'wealth'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Expensive Items Are Never Cheap' to remember the meaning of the word.

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