Value
['væljuː] or ['vælju]
Definition
(noun.) relative darkness or lightness of a color; 'I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light'-Joe Hing Lowe.
(noun.) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; 'the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world'.
(noun.) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; 'the value assigned was 16 milliseconds'.
(noun.) an ideal accepted by some individual or group; 'he has old-fashioned values'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) (music) the relative duration of a musical note.
(verb.) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; 'value the jewelry and art work in the estate'.
Editor: Oswald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.
(n.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.
(n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
(n.) Esteem; regard.
(n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/].
(n.) In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.
(n.) Valor.
(v. t.) To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
(v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.
(v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
(v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Worth, utility, importance (value in use).[2]. Price, cost, rate, equivalent (value in exchange).
v. a. [1]. Appraise, rate, estimate, account, set a value on.[2]. Esteem, appreciate, regard, prize, set a high value on, rate highly, hold in high esteem, set store by.
Typist: Willie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COURAGE]
SYN:Appreciate, compute, rate, estimate, esteem, treasure, appraise, prize
ANT:Miscompute, misestimate, disesteem, disregard, vilipend, underrate, undervalue,underestimate, despise, contemn, cheapen, vilify
Typist: Randall
Definition
n. worth: that which renders anything useful or estimable: the degree of this quality: esteem regard: efficacy: importance: excellence: price: precise meaning: (mus.) the relative length of a tone signified by a note: (paint.) relation of one part of a picture to the others with reference to light and shade and without reference to hue: (math.) the special determination of a quantity.—v.t. to estimate the worth of: to rate at a price: to esteem: to prize.—v.i. (Shak.) to be worth.—adj. Val′uable having value or worth: costly: deserving esteem.—n. a thing of value a choice article—often in pl.—ns. Val′uableness; Valuā′tion the act of valuing: value set upon a thing: estimated worth; Valuā′tor one who sets a value upon: an appraiser.—adjs. Val′ued; Val′ueless.—n. Val′uer one who values.—Value in exchange exchange value: (pol. econ.) economic value (i.e. the amount of other commodities for which a thing can be exchanged in open market) as distinguished from its more general meaning of utility; Value received a phrase indicating that a bill of exchange &c. has been accepted for a valuable consideration.—Good value full worth in exchange.
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Examples
- If you have got the value of the stone in your pocket, answered Mr. Franklin, say so, Betteredge, and in it goes! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the coin of some countries, the value of the two metals is nearly equal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The value of the most barren land is not diminished by the neighbourhood of the most fertile. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is more laborious to accumulate facts than to reason concerning them; but one good experiment is of more value than the ingenuity of a brain like Newton's. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Even for that purpose their votes did not have the same value as those of their patrician fellow citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We cannot establish a hierarchy of values among studies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He regretted it, I am sure; he values the hours spent with you. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think he values the very quietness you speak of, and that the repose of his own family circle is all he wants. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But the relative values of those two different species of food, bread and butcher's meat, are very different in the different periods of agriculture. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Segregation and Organization of Values. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- No Christians here could buy so many horses and armour--no Jew except myself would give him half the values. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Your husband will be rightly valued. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I, who have valued myself on my abilities! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The annual production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania is more than 86,000,000 tons of 2,240 pounds, valued at the mines at $198,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was a letter, in short, which she would not but have had for the world, and which could never be valued enough. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Livingstone states that good domestic breeds are highly valued by the negroes in the interior of Africa who have not associated with Europeans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and cherished. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The question of accurately valuing it presented some serious difficulties. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then, of course, not valuing it, she would unloose, and return it to you? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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