gem
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shineA precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
» At last, the gem was in his hands.
Наконец драгоценный камень был у него в руках.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
Edelstein, Juwel, Kleinod
драгоце́нный ка́меньdragocénnyj kámenʹ, самоцве́тsamocvét
дорогоці́нний ка́міньdorohocínnyj káminʹ, кошто́вний ка́міньkoštóvnyj káminʹ, самоцві́тsamocvít
art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
She's an absolute gem.
жемчу́жинаžemčúžina, драгоце́нностьdragocénnostʹ
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
a gem of wit
(Internet, broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Internet content of good quality.
(countable, uncountable)A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata.
(countable, uncountable)A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
(countable, uncountable)A strong, dominating pitching performance.
2025, Associated Press, Crochet gets 1st career shutout and complete game as Red Sox beat Rays for 9th straight win by Associated Press, He didn’t walk a batter in his 100-pitch gem
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A gemma or leaf bud.
(obsolete, uncommon, uncountable)A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
Examples
36 sentencesAt last, the gem was in his hands.
ruНаконец драгоценный камень был у него в руках.
These gems are priced at over a million yen each.
deJeder dieser Edelsteine kostet über 1 Million Yen.
This is a gem.
Rare gems include aquamarine, amethyst, emerald, quartz and ruby.
ruРедкие драгоценные камни включают в себя аквамарин, аметист, изумруд, кварц и рубин.
The crown was set with gems.
ruКорона была украшена драгоценными камнями.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from ProtInherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
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Forms
plural: gemsSynonyms
6 synonyms- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection:treasure
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry:gemstonestone
- a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry:jewelprecious stone
- a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan:muffin
- a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry:jewel
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable