how to pronounce precious

/ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/

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precious is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of precious in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Joy's which the most precious square of …”

meaning of precious

Precious means very valuable.

precious frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word precious occurs in english on average 18 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics precious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that precious can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;