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expensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/ Online sound. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/e/exp/expen/expensive__us_1.mp3 expensive(adjective)/ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/costing a lot of moneyOPPOSITE cheap (1)https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cheap_1#cheap_sng_1an expensive car/restaurant/holidayI can't afford it—it's too expensive.Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.That dress was an expensive mistake.Art books are expensive to produce.The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers.Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in.It's expensive to live in London.It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here.Extra ExamplesFood in this country is getting very expensive.Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.Her suit looked extremely expensive.I found the food very expensive.Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.discreetly expensive perfumeWord Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.

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(adjective) an expensive car/restaurant/holidayi can't afford it—it's too expensive.making the wrong decision could prove expensive.that dress was an expensive mistake. Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=expensive This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word3	expensive
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	/ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/
Example	an expensive car/restaurant/holiday i can't afford it—it's too expensive. making the wrong decision could prove expensive. that dress was an expensive mistake.
Sound	Online sound. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/e/exp/expen/expensive__us_1.mp3
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=expensive
Content	expensive (adjective)/ɪkˈspensɪv/ /ɪkˈspensɪv/ costing a lot of money OPPOSITE cheap (1) https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cheap_1#cheap_sng_1 an expensive car/restaurant/holiday I can't afford it—it's too expensive. Making the wrong decision could prove expensive. That dress was an expensive mistake. Art books are expensive to produce. The new regulations are likely to be very expensive for employers. Bonds can be expensive for individuals to invest in. It's expensive to live in London. It is now more expensive for Europeans to visit here. Extra Examples Food in this country is getting very expensive. Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive. Her suit looked extremely expensive. I found the food very expensive. Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive. discreetly expensive perfume Word Origin early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’ + -ive.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Expensive ɪkˈspensɪv I Adjective Car/Restaurant/Holiday Afford It—It's Making

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