value

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
  2. The degree of importance given to something.
  3. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
  4. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
  5. The relative duration of a musical note.
  6. The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
  7. Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
  8. Precise meaning; import.
  9. The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
  10. Esteem; regard.
  11. Valour.
verb
  1. To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
  2. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
  3. To hold dear; to cherish.

Pronunciation

văl'ū /ˈvæl.juː/ /ˈvæl.ju/ en-us-value.ogg /ˈvæl.jʉː/

Word forms

value values valuing valued

Etymology

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

Translations

Armenian: արժեք Catalan: valor Danish: værdi Dutch: waarde Estonian: väärtused Finnish: arvo French: valeur German: Werte Greek: αξία Hebrew: עֵרֶך Hindi: मूल्य Hungarian: értékrend Icelandic: gildi Italian: valore Japanese: 価値観 Latvian: vērtība Macedonian: вредност Malay: nilai Malayalam: മൂല്യം Marathi: मूल्य Norman: valeu Iranian Persian: اَرْزِش Polish: wartość Portuguese: valor Portuguese: ideal Romanian: valoare Russian: це́нность Serbo-Croatian: вре́дно̄ст Serbo-Croatian: врије́дно̄ст Serbo-Croatian: вридност Serbo-Croatian: вредно̀та Serbo-Croatian: вриједно̀та Serbo-Croatian: vrédnōst Serbo-Croatian: vrijédnōst Serbo-Croatian: vridnost Serbo-Croatian: vrednòta Serbo-Croatian: vrijednòta Slovene: vrednota Spanish: valor Swedish: värde Thai: ค่านิยม Turkish: değerler
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