"semi-precious" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "semi- + precious",
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      "expansion": "semi-precious (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "semi-precious stone"
        },
        {
          "word": "semi-precious gem"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Simon Cox, Decoding The Lost Symbol, Simon and Schuster, page 156",
          "text": "This semiprecious stone, which resembles green glass, has gemlike qualities and is often used in jewelry.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sort of or somewhat precious or valuable. Usually used as part of the phrase semi-precious stones or semi-precious gems."
      ],
      "id": "en-semi-precious-en-adj-h-Cemvrq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sort of",
          "sort of"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ],
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ],
        [
          "semi-precious stones",
          "semi-precious stones"
        ],
        [
          "semi-precious gems",
          "semi-precious gems"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "semiprecious"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kisatʻankaržekʻ",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "կիսաթանկարժեք"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poluskǎpocenen",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "полускъпоценен"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "of a gem",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "puolijalo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "arvokas"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "valuable",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "arvo-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "naxevradʒvirpasi",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "ნახევრადძვირფასი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "halbedel"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "semiprezioso"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "półszlachetny"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poludragocénnyj",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "полудрагоце́нный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "semiprecioso"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
          "word": "lled-werthfawr"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semi-precious"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "semi-precious stone"
    },
    {
      "word": "semi-precious gem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "semi",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "semi- + precious",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "semi-precious (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Simon Cox, Decoding The Lost Symbol, Simon and Schuster, page 156",
          "text": "This semiprecious stone, which resembles green glass, has gemlike qualities and is often used in jewelry.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sort of or somewhat precious or valuable. Usually used as part of the phrase semi-precious stones or semi-precious gems."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sort of",
          "sort of"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ],
        [
          "precious",
          "precious"
        ],
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ],
        [
          "semi-precious stones",
          "semi-precious stones"
        ],
        [
          "semi-precious gems",
          "semi-precious gems"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "semiprecious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kisatʻankaržekʻ",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "կիսաթանկարժեք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poluskǎpocenen",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "полускъпоценен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of a gem",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "puolijalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "arvokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "valuable",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "arvo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxevradʒvirpasi",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "ნახევრადძვირფასი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "halbedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "semiprezioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "półszlachetny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poludragocénnyj",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "полудрагоце́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "semiprecioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sort of or somewhat precious or valuable",
      "word": "lled-werthfawr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semi-precious"
}