Precious Definition–adjective | 1. | of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals. | | 2. | highly esteemed for some spiritual, nonmaterial, or moral quality: precious memories. | | 3. | dear; beloved: a precious child. | | 4. | affectedly or excessively delicate, refined, or nice: precious manners. | | 5. | flagrant; gross: a precious fool. | –noun | 6. | a dearly beloved person; darling. | –adverb | 7. | extremely; very: She wastes precious little time. |
Origin: 1250–1300; ME preciose (< OF precios) < L pretiōsus costly, valuable, equiv. to preti( um) price, value + -ōsus -ous  |
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Moment Definition–noun | 1. | an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment. | | 2. | the present time or any other particular time (usually prec. by the): He is busy at the moment. | | 3. | a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture: at this moment in history. | | 4. | importance or consequence: a decision of great moment. | | 5. | a particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc.: His big moment came in the final game. | | 6.<
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Graphic Definition–adjective Also, graph⋅i⋅cal. | 1. | giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake. | | 2. | pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like; diagrammatic. | | 3. | of, pertaining to, or expressed by writing: graphic symbols. | | 4. | written, inscribed, or drawn. | | 5. | depicted in a realistic or vivid manner: graphic sex and violence. | | 6. | containing graphic descriptions: a graphic movie. | | 7. | Geology. (of a rock) having a texture formed by the intergrowth of certain minerals so as to resemble written characters. | | 8. | Mathematics. pertaining to the determination of values, solution of problems, etc., by direct measurement on diagrams instead of by ordinary calculations. | | 9. | of or pertaining to the graphic arts. | –noun | 10. | a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print. | | 11. | a computer-generated image. | |
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