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Narrator: Today's word is valuable. It's an adjective, describing something worth a great deal, in money or in usefulness.
Narrator: You say it VAL-yoo-uh-bul, with the stress on the first syllable. In phonetic notation, that's /ˈvæljuəbl/.
Narrator: Valuable means of great worth, as in a valuable painting, or, beyond money, valuable advice and valuable experience.
Narrator: It comes from value, from the Latin valere, to be strong or worth, plus the ending, dash able, so literally able to be valued.
Narrator: It carries two senses, costly in money, a valuable ring, and precious in usefulness, a valuable lesson, both highly prized.
Narrator: Take care, valuable means worth a lot, while invaluable means so precious you can't put a price on it, even stronger.
Narrator: In tone, valuable is positive and everyday. So remember: valuable is worth a great deal, in money or in usefulness.
Speaker A: That old watch turned out to be surprisingly valuable.
Speaker B: Lovely. Valuable is the right word, worth a great deal of money.
Speaker A: Exactly. And honestly, your advice was just as valuable to me.
Speaker B: Right, the other sense, precious in usefulness. One thing, don't confuse valuable with invaluable.
Speaker A: Good point. Invaluable means priceless, even stronger than valuable.
Speaker B: Exactly. A close word is precious, very similar, both mean highly prized.
Speaker A: True. Its opposite is worthless, of no value.
Speaker B: Yes. So the meeting gave me valuable insight.
Speaker A: Right. A valuable lesson, well learnt.
Speaker B: Lovely. One word, worth a great deal.
Speaker B: Today we'll use the word valuable to write AI prompts about surfacing what matters most, prioritising worth in apps.
Speaker B: Picture a dashboard. Here's a clean prompt.
Prompt: Build a dashboard in React that highlights the most valuable customers by total spend, with a clear badge, so the team sees its valuable accounts first at a single glance.
Speaker B: It works because valuable tells the AI exactly which records to lift to the top.
Speaker A: Nice. Could valuable guide a database too?
Speaker B: Absolutely. Try this.
Prompt: Create a SQL view that ranks products by profit and flags the most valuable ones, indexed by profit, so we query our valuable lines in one fast lookup.
Speaker B: Here valuable gives the AI a clear, measurable way to rank worth.
Speaker A: Clear. What about an inventory app?
Speaker B: Use the worth sense.
Prompt: Add an inventory view that sorts stock by value and marks the most valuable items, so staff protect and track every valuable product with extra care.
Speaker B: Saying valuable tells the AI which items deserve special attention.
Speaker A: Love that. Can we build a small app?
Speaker B: Minimal but precise.
Prompt: Create a simple feedback app that tags the most valuable suggestions from users, ranked by votes, so the team acts on the valuable ideas first and ignores the noise.
Speaker B: One word, valuable, frames the whole feedback app, so the prompt stays memorable.
Speaker A: And for analytics?
Speaker B: Same worth idea.
Prompt: Build a report that finds the most valuable traffic sources by conversions, so marketers pour their budget into the valuable channels and trim the rest.
Speaker B: The word valuable keeps the focus on what truly drives worth.
Speaker A: Brilliant. One last quick prompt for a CRM?
Speaker B: Here you go.
Prompt: Add a CRM filter for valuable leads, those most likely to convert, so the sales team spends its time on the valuable prospects and not the cold ones.
Speaker B: So the rule is simple: use valuable to surface and prioritise what's worth most.
Speaker A: Got it. Valuable equals worth a great deal. Easy to recall and easy to type.
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