Meaning of 'value'

Find the meaning of the word ‘value’

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Meaning of ‘value’

11 definitions found.

value

noun

relative darkness or lightness of a color

Example: "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

Example: "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"

noun

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

Example: "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"

noun

an ideal accepted by some individual or group

Example: "They have old-fashioned values different from their children's."

noun

the amount of money, goods, or services that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

Example: "They tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices."

Synonyms: economic value

noun

(music) the relative duration of a musical note

Synonyms: time value note value

verb

estimate the value of

Synonyms: rate interpolate extrapolate

verb

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

Synonyms: measure

verb

regard highly

Synonyms: respect

verb

fix or determine the value of

Example: "assign a value to"

verb

hold dear

Synonyms: prize

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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