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expensive BrE / ɪkˈspensɪv /  NAmE / ɪkˈspensɪv / Native audio playback is not supported. expensive(adjective)BrE / ɪkˈspensɪv /  NAmE / ɪkˈspensɪv / costing a lot of moneyopposite inexpensivehttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/inexpensivean expensive car/restaurant/holidayArt books are expensive to produce.I can't afford it, it's too expensive.Making the wrong decision could prove expensive.That dress was an expensive mistake.I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.an expensive restaurantYou want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can.ridiculously overpriced designer clothesHouses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford.Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it?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.Walls are generally the greatest source of heat loss and correspondingly expensive to tackle.discreetly expensive perfumeArt books are enormously expensive to produce.I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me.Making the wrong decision could prove to be expensive.That dress was an expensive mistake.an expensive restaurantWord 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/holidayart books are expensive to produce.i can't afford it, it's too expensive.making the wrong decision could prove expensive. 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

Word	expensive
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	BrE / ɪkˈspensɪv / NAmE / ɪkˈspensɪv /
Example	an expensive car/restaurant/holiday art books are expensive to produce. i can't afford it, it's too expensive. making the wrong decision could prove expensive.
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=expensive
Content	expensive (adjective)BrE / ɪkˈspensɪv / NAmE / ɪkˈspensɪv / costing a lot of money opposite inexpensive https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/inexpensive an expensive car/restaurant/holiday Art books are expensive to produce. I can't afford it, it's too expensive. Making the wrong decision could prove expensive. That dress was an expensive mistake. I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me. an expensive restaurant You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can. ridiculously overpriced designer clothes Houses in the village are now too pricey for local people to afford. Everything’s so dear now, isn’t it? 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. Walls are generally the greatest source of heat loss and correspondingly expensive to tackle. discreetly expensive perfume Art books are enormously expensive to produce. I can’t afford it—it’s just too expensive for me. Making the wrong decision could prove to be expensive. That dress was an expensive mistake. an expensive restaurant 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 I ɪkˈspensɪv Afford Art Books Produce Making

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