value
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
- The degree of importance given to something.
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- The relative duration of a musical note.
- The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
- The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- Esteem; regard.
- Valour.
verb
- To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
- 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”).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related words
valuable
worthless
esteem
cherish
appreciate
respect
revere
price
use
utility
instrumentality
benefit
profit
fertility
productivity
yield
quality
excellence
scarcity
demand
exchange
honor
treasure
gold
silver
bronze
platinum
diamond
jewel
gem
money
capital
asset
all the tea in China
character
important person
expert
genius
Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 812a. Value
valew
value system
Derived words
absolute value
accept at face value
acid value
actual cash value
add value
add value machine
aged R-value
and nothing of value was lost
article of extraordinary value
book value
call by value
call-by-value
call value
calorific value
capital value
cash value
characteristic value
customs value
C-value
C-value paradox
diminished value
D-value
enterprise value
entertainment value
exchange value
expected value
extreme value theorem
extrinsic value
face-value
fact-value distinction
fair market value
fair value
first-class value
function value
f-value
good value
g value
half-value thickness
high-value
high-value target
initial-value problem
initial value problem
intermediate value theorem
iodine value
kauri-butanol value
key-value
Kirschner value
Koettstorfer value
Köttstorfer value
k-value
labor theory of value
labor-value theory
labor value theory
labour theory of value
labour value theory
labour-value theory
latent value
low-value
marquee value
marriage value
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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