value

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Etymology [edit]

From the French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valere (to be strong, be worth).

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Noun [edit]

value (plural values)

  1. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
    The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
    • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:
      United were value for their win and Rooney could have had a hat-trick before half-time, with Paul Scholes also striking the post in the second half.
  2. The degree of importance you give to something.
    The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
  3. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
    He tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices.
  4. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
    The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
  5. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
    "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light." -Joe Hing Lowe
  6. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
    The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.

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  • (quality that renders something desirable): worth

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value (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)

  1. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
    I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
  2. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
  3. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
    Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
  4. To hold dear.
    I value these old photographs.

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French [edit]

Verb [edit]

value f

  1. feminine past participle of valoir