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VALUE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

color property (an attribute of color)

Attribute:

black (being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light)

white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)

light; light-colored ((used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent)

dark ((used of color) having a dark hue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):

lightness (having a light color)

darkness (having a dark or somber color)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

Example:

the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

worth (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):

monetary standard; standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)

market price; market value (the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace)

book value (the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation)

face value; nominal value; par value (the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value)

GDP; gross domestic product (the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year))

GNP; gross national product (former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr))

national income (the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr))

unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)

importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)

richness (the quality of having high intrinsic value)

cost; price; toll (value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something)

cost; monetary value; price (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold))

invaluableness; preciousness; pricelessness; valuableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)

Derivation:

evaluate; valuate (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

Example:

the value assigned was 16 milliseconds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

numerical quantity (a quantity expressed as a number)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):

characteristic root of a square matrix; eigenvalue; eigenvalue of a matrix; eigenvalue of a square matrix ((mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant)

scale value (a value on some scale of measurement)

argument; parameter ((computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An ideal accepted by some individual or group

Example:

he has old-fashioned values

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):

principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)

introject ((psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized)

Derivation:

value (regard highly; think much of)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

Example:

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

Synonyms:

economic value; value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):

mess of pottage (anything of trivial value)

premium (the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value)

Derivation:

evaluate; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

value (fix or determine the value of; assign a value to)

Sense 6

Meaning:

(music) the relative duration of a musical note

Synonyms:

note value; time value; value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):

continuance; duration (the period of time during which something continues)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Estimate the value of

Example:

Gold was rated highly among the Romans

Synonyms:

rate; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):

revalue (value anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

access all the factors when taking a risk

Synonyms:

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Verb group:

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):

praise (express approval of)

censor (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship)

reassess; reevaluate (revise or renew one's assessment)

standardise; standardize (evaluate by comparing with a standard)

rate; value (estimate the value of)

grade; mark; score (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

valuer (someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Regard highly; think much of

Example:

We prize his creativity

Synonyms:

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):

think the world of (esteem very highly)

fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)

admire; look up to (feel admiration for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot value Sue

Derivation:

valuable (having worth or merit or value)

value (an ideal accepted by some individual or group)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to

Example:

value the jewelry and art work in the estate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):

determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):

overestimate; overvalue (assign too high a value to)

underestimate; undervalue (assign too low a value to)

float (allow (currencies) to fluctuate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

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

valuer (someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Hold dear

Example:

I prize these old photographs

Synonyms:

appreciate; prize; treasure; value

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):

do justice (show due and full appreciation)

recognise; recognize (show approval or appreciation of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

valuable (having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange)

valuable (having worth or merit or value)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The name of a field together with the value of the field.

(Name-Value Pair, NCI Thesaurus)

A number with a value that is less than any other negative number.

(Negative Infinity, NCI Thesaurus)

The number of values for which a given condition holds; an indication of how many objects may participate in a given relationship; the property of being multiple.

(Multiplicity, NCI Thesaurus)

The most frequently occurring value in a data set.

(Mode, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

If no value is repeated, there is no mode.

(Mode, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantity having a value less than zero.

(Negative Number, NCI Thesaurus)

We were affectionate playfellows during childhood, and, I believe, dear and valued friends to one another as we grew older.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of some value, should interfere in the matter.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am of no more use or value than that broken bowstave.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The process by which an observation value was obtained.

(Method, LOINC Axis 6, NCI Thesaurus)