Translate value | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of value
noun
1the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something:your support is of great value the material or monetary worth of something:prints seldom rise in value equipment is included up to a total value of $500 the worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it:at $12.50 the book is a good value
2 (
values)
a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life:they internalize their parents' rules and values
3the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number:the mean value of x an accurate value for the mass of Venus
4 Music the relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
5 Linguistics the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit. the quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter.
6 Art the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color:the artist has used adjacent color values as the landscape recedes
verb (values, valuing, valued)
[with object] 1estimate the monetary worth of (something):his estate was valued at $45,000
2consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of:she had come to value her privacy and independence
