WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
5.19
History
Add

value noun [ ˈvaljuː ]

• the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
• "your support is of great value"
Similar: merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense, mileage,
• principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life.
• "they internalize their parents' rules and values"
Similar: principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour,
• the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number.
• "the mean value of x"
• the relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
• the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.
• the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour.
• "the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes"

value verb

• estimate the monetary worth of.
• "his estate was valued at £45,000"
Similar: evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put/set a price on, cost (out),
• consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of.
• "she had come to value her privacy"
Similar: appreciate, rate (highly), esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, hold dear, have a high opinion of, think highly of, think much of, set (great) store by, attach importance to, respect, admire, prize, cherish, treasure, cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its/one's weight in gold, special, appreciated, esteemed, respected, highly regarded, well thought of,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’, from Latin valere .

value for money

• used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it.
"this camera is really good value for money"



2025 WordDisk