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value
[ val-yoo ]
noun
- relative worth, merit, or importance:
He knows the value of a college education.
In chess, the queen has a very high value.
Synonyms:
- monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade:
This piece of land has greatly increased in value.
- the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange:
A weekly allowance can help children understand the value of money.
When planning how much to give to charity, consider the value of your time as a volunteer.
Synonyms: ,
- equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.:
Employees agree to give value for value received and to perform their duties in an efficient and workmanlike manner.
- estimated or assigned worth; valuation:
The painting has a current value of $500,000, according to Sotheby鈥檚.
- denomination, as of a monetary issue or a postage stamp:
The 10-cent values of this 1940 U.S. stamp series were issued in lesser quantities than the 2-cent and 1-cent values.
- Mathematics.
- magnitude; quantity; number represented by a figure, symbol, or the like:
the value of an angle;
the value of x;
the value of a sum.
- a point in the range of a function; a point in the range corresponding to a given point in the domain of a function:
The value of x2 at 2 is 4.
- import or meaning; force; significance:
The value of a word depends partly on its user and context.
- favorable regard; liking:
Some of my immigrant students seemed not to share my high value of their culture.
- values, Sociology. the attitudes, behaviors, social structures, etc., toward which the people of a society or group have a deeply ingrained, positive or negative emotional regard:
In the prevailing American system of values, personal liberty is cherished, while lying to the public is condemned.
- Ethics. any object or quality desirable as a means or as an end in itself.
- Fine Arts.
- degree of lightness or darkness in a color:
In this painting he pairs greens of different value with the occasional touch of a complementary color.
- the relation of light and shade in a painting, drawing, or the like.
- Music. the relative length or duration of a tone signified by a note:
In a triplet, the three eighth notes have the same value as two in duple meter.
- values, Mining. the marketable portions of an orebody:
The rock must then be processed to extract the values from the ore.
- Phonetics.
- the phonetic equivalent of a letter, as the sound of a in hat, sang, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to regard or esteem highly:
He values her friendship.
Synonyms:
- to calculate or reckon the monetary value of; give a specified material or financial value to; assess; appraise:
The company values its assets at 80 million dollars.
- to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance:
Don鈥檛 rush to decide on this option without first valuing the advantages of privacy and control against the higher cost.
value
/ 藞惫忙濒箩耻藧 /
noun
- the desirability of a thing, often in respect of some property such as usefulness or exchangeability; worth, merit, or importance
- an amount, esp a material or monetary one, considered to be a fair exchange in return for a thing; assigned valuation
the value of the picture is 拢10聽000
- reasonable or equivalent return; satisfaction
value for money
- precise meaning or significance
- plural the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group
a person with old-fashioned values
- maths
- a particular magnitude, number, or amount
the value of the variable was 7
- the particular quantity that is the result of applying a function or operation for some given argument
the value of the function for x=3 was 9
- music short for time value
- in painting, drawing, etc
- a gradation of tone from light to dark or of colour luminosity
- the relation of one of these elements to another or to the whole picture
- phonetics the quality or tone of the speech sound associated with a written character representing it
`g' has the value d蕭 in English `gem'
verb
- to assess or estimate the worth, merit, or desirability of; appraise
- to have a high regard for, esp in respect of worth, usefulness, merit, etc; esteem or prize
to value freedom
- foll by at to fix the financial or material worth of (a unit of currency, work of art, etc)
jewels valued at 拢40聽000
value
- Mathematics.An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.
- The relative darkness or lightness of a color. Value measures where a color falls on an achromatic scale from white to black.
- Compare hue
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 尘颈蝉路惫补濒路耻别 verb (used with object) misvalued misvaluing
- 苍辞苍路惫补濒路耻别 noun
- 辞耻迟路惫补濒路耻别 verb (used with object) outvalued outvaluing
- 辫谤别路惫补濒路耻别 noun verb (used with object) prevalued prevaluing
- 蝉别濒蹿-惫补濒路耻路颈苍驳 adjective
- 蝉耻路辫别谤路惫补濒路耻别 noun verb (used with object) supervalued supervaluing
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of value1
Idioms and Phrases
- of value, having notable worth, usefulness, or importance:
Avoid packing items of value in your checked baggage.
She always contributes something of value to the discussion.
More idioms and phrases containing value
see at face value .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When the first season of the show premiered, I initially found value in Joe鈥檚 tortured voice.
With Hansi Flick at the helm, Barca have rediscovered that sometimes football isn't just about the result but also about the importance and value of the journey.
You don鈥檛 need to understand that stuff to enjoy it, but for people who understand it, those technical elements add value.
鈥淏eing aggressive. Being a loud talker. I loved it. It makes me feel like I鈥檓 bringing value. Encouraging. Yelling. I鈥檓 always going to yell.鈥
Some say the tax credits are corporate giveaways and don鈥檛 deliver as much economic value as proponents claim.
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To value something is to consider it with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance. How is value different from esteem, appreciate, and prize? Learn more on .
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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