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Definition of "value"

value

Từ điển Collocation

value noun

¹ amount of money that sth is worth

ADJ. high, low the high value of the dollar | full, total | real, true | nominal a share with a nominal value of £20 | face At yesterday's auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face value of 20 pence. | residual a residual value of 10% of its original cost | resale Regular servicing will add to the resale value of your PC.

VERB + VALUE place, put, set It's hard to put a value on a company with large assets and turnover but low profits. | add | increase, raise | double, triple, etc. Dramatic developments on the stock market tripled the value of his shares. | lower, reduce | hold, keep The piano has held its value. | calculate, work out

VALUE + VERB double, triple, etc. | appreciate, go up, increase | decrease, depreciate, fall, go down

PREP. in ~ The land has dropped in value. | to the ~ of Jewellery to the value of a million pounds was stolen last night.

PHRASES an increase/a rise in value, a drop/fall/reduction in value

² how much sth is worth compared with its price

ADJ. excellent, good, great, outstanding | poor

PHRASES value for money Though a little more expensive, the larger model gives better value for money.

³ importance

ADJ. enormous, great, high, immense, incalculable, tremendous | doubtful, dubious, limited, low His published account of his travels is of dubious value to other explorers. | lasting | main, real, true | practical, sentimental, symbolic

VERB + VALUE have The stolen necklace only had sentimental value for her. | attach, place, put, set He places a high value on marriage.

VALUE + VERB be, lie The real value of the book lies in its wonderful characterization.

PREP. of ~ He didn't say anything of value. | ~ to Pottery fragments are of great value to archaeologists.

⁴ values: set of beliefs

ADJ. dominant the dominant values of a society | conservative, conventional, traditional | common, shared, universal What shared values do you have with your friends? | human | aesthetic, cultural, educational, ethical, moral, political, social, spiritual We need to be guided by our moral values. | family The party's election campaign emphasized its belief in family values. | middle-class, Victorian, Western | parental the rejection of parental values by a child | democratic, liberal

QUANT. set a prevailing set of cultural values

VERB + VALUE have, hold They hold very middle-class values. | cherish, encourage, foster Is it the role of schools to foster spiritual values? | hold onto, preserve a society that has failed to preserve its traditional values

VALUE + NOUN system a common value system

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

  the value assigned was 16 milliseconds

• the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

  the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world

• the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; economic value

  he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices

• relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
• (music) the relative duration of a musical note; time value, note value
• an ideal accepted by some individual or group

  he has old-fashioned values

v.

• fix or determine the value of; assign a value to

  value the jewelry and art work in the estate

• hold dear; prize, treasure, appreciate

  I prize these old photographs

• regard highly; think much of; respect, esteem, prize, prise

  I respect his judgement

  We prize his creativity

• place a value on; judge the worth of something; measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise

  I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional

• estimate the value of; rate

  How would you rate his chances to become President?

  Gold was rated highly among the Romans

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A quantity assigned to an element such as a variable, symbol, or label. See tone (definition 1).

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

values|valued|valuing
syn.: excellence importance merit quality significance usefulness weight worth