value
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valeō, from itc-pro *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
Pronunciation Nounvalue
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
- Synonyms: worth, Thesaurus:value
- (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
- The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- He does not share his parents' values.
- family values
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy:
- An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC ↗:
- His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
- (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- (arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design:
- When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.
- 2010, Rose Edin, Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light:
- Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.
- (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
- the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
- Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic
- (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- The vein carries good values.
- the values on the hanging walls
- (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:
- The French have a high value for them ; and I confess they are often what they call delicate
- 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], →OCLC ↗:
- My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.
- (obsolete) Valour.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗:
- And him with equall valew countervayld
- French: valeur
- German: Wert, Wichtigkeit
- Portuguese: apreço
- Russian: значе́ние
- Spanish: valor, importancia
- French: valeur
- German: Notenwert, Wert
- Portuguese: valor
- Russian: дли́тельность
value (values, present participle valuing; simple past and past participle valued)
- To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
- I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
- To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
- Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
- To hold dear.
- I value these old photographs.
- French: évaluer
- German: schätzen
- Italian: valutare, stimare
- Portuguese: valorar
- Russian: оце́нивать
- Spanish: valorar, cifrar
- French: valoriser
- Italian: computare
- Portuguese: valorar
- Russian: оце́нивать
- Spanish: valorar, cifrar
- German: schätzen
- Italian: apprezzare, tenere in gran conto
- Portuguese: valorizar
- Russian: цени́ть
- Spanish: valorar
- Italian: apprezzare, valorizzare
- Portuguese: valorizar, apreciar
- Russian: цени́ть
- Spanish: apreciar
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