value

val-ue · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or usefulness of something.

  2. 2.

    The monetary worth of something.

  3. 3.

    A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

  4. 4.

    (Mathematics) The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term or symbol.

  5. 5.

    To consider something to be important or beneficial.

  6. 6.

    To estimate the monetary worth of something.

Forms

plural: values

Related words

Antonyms: worthlessness
See also: importance, merit, price, worth
Synonyms: importance, merit, price, worth

Etymology

From Old French "value" meaning "worth, price, moral worth," from "valoir" (to be worth), from Latin "valere" meaning "to be strong, be worth." The verb sense developed from the noun in the 15th century.