VALUE

VA ·LUE 2 syllables

A1 · Beginner 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 8 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
  2. the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
  3. the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
  4. relative darkness or lightness of a color

💬 Examples

  • "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"
  • "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"
  • "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"
  • "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light-Joe Hing Lowe"
verb
  1. fix or determine the value of
  2. hold dear
  3. regard highly
  4. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

💬 Examples

  • "assign a value to"
  • "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"
  • "I prize these old photographs"
  • "think much of"
← Unscramble VALUE