value

A2 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈvæl.ju/ UK /ˈvæl.juː/ See IPA manual

Freq #2188

Meanings

1

noun
How much something is worth in money.

The value of the house has risen sharply this year.
2

noun
How useful or important something is.

There is great value in learning a second language.
3

noun
The beliefs and principles a person or group thinks are important.

Honesty is one of the values my parents taught me.
4

verb
To think that someone or something is important and worth a lot.

I really value your friendship.
5

verb
To decide how much money something is worth.

An expert valued the painting at a million dollars.

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Synonyms

1 noun · how much something is worth... wortheconomic value

2 noun · how useful or important... worth

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Word family

Forms unvaluedvaluedvaluelessvaluesvaluing

Derived forms c-valuecall-by-valued-valuef-valueface-valuehigh-valuek-valuekey-valuelow-valuep-valuepass-by-valueq-value

Related forms appreciate asset benefit bronze capital character cherish demand diamond esteem excellence exchange

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Phrases (5)

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nutritive value
the usefulness of a food as a source of nutrients

Adjective + noun
salvage value
the estimated amount an asset will retain at the end of its useful life

Noun + noun
value judgement
an assessment based on beliefs about what is good, important, or desirable

Noun + noun
mean value
An average used to represent the central size of a set of numerical values.

Adjective + noun
inestimable value
worth so great that it cannot reasonably be measured

Adjective + noun

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”).

*h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European valew Middle English value Old French valeō Latin *walēō Proto-Italic

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# value

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈvæl.ju/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvæl.juː/
**Frequency rank:** 2188

## Meanings
1. How much something is worth in money.
2. How useful or important something is.
3. The beliefs and principles a person or group thinks are important.
4. To think that someone or something is important and worth a lot.
5. To decide how much money something is worth.

## Examples
- The value of the house has risen sharply this year.
- There is great value in learning a second language.
- Honesty is one of the values my parents taught me.
- I really value your friendship.
- An expert valued the painting at a million dollars.

## Synonyms
- valence
- worth

## Derived Forms
- c-value
- call-by-value
- d-value
- f-value
- face-value
- high-value
- k-value
- key-value
- low-value
- p-value
- pass-by-value
- q-value

## Related Forms
- appreciate
- asset
- benefit
- bronze
- capital
- character
- cherish
- demand
- diamond
- esteem
- excellence
- exchange

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂welh₁-
- Root: valew
- Root: value
- Root: valeō
- Root: *walēō

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Value is 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”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-, Middle English valew, Old French value, Latin valeō, Proto-Italic *walēō. In present-day use, it can mean how much something is worth in money, or how useful or important something is. Derived formations include c-value, call-by-value, d-value, f-value, face-value, high-value, k-value, key-value.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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