value
/ˈvæl.ju/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There is tremendous value in a good education."
- "An abacus is of little value when you have an electronic calculator."
- "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."
- "The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife."
- "Okay, for the record, and this is probably obvious, those three departments do actually do things of value, assuming that you find Pell grants, mortgage insurance, low-income housing programs, the National Weather Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Census Bureau to be of some value. And if it comes as news to you that that’s what those departments do, well then, hi Gary, I’m excited you’re watching the show."
- "He does not share his parents' values."
Etymology
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvæl.ju/
- British English: /ˈvæl.juː/