Value Meaning
/ˈvæl.juː/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
nounThe degree of importance given to something.
Sentence Examples
The value of education cannot be overemphasized.
A valuable object decreases in value if it is damaged.
He has come to value her advice and support.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the rare coin was estimated at ten thousand dollars.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager discussed the ____ of the new project and how it would benefit the whole company in the long term today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"United were value for their win and Rooney could have had a hat-trick before half-time, with Paul Scholes also striking the post in the second half."
— 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
"Okay, for the record, and this is probably obvious, those three departments do actually do things of value, assuming that you find Pell grants, mortgage insurance, low-income housing programs, the National Weather Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Census Bureau to be of some value. And if it comes as news to you that that’s what those departments do, well then, hi Gary, I’m excited you’re watching the show."
— 2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
"WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."
— 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
"An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value."
— 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy:
"His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price."
— 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the rare coin was estimated at ten thousand dollars.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager discussed the ____ of the new project and how it would benefit the whole company in the long term today.