Question 1 · Quick check
expensive
CEFRA1
/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Costing a lot of money.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailGiven to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Examples
If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
It's too expensive and anyway the colour doesn't suit you.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsTaking a lot of system time or resources.
Having a high price or cost.
Having a high economy rate.
More examples
In contextWhenever I find something I like, it's too expensive.
an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm
In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
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Origin
adjective
From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.