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Meaning of value | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈvæl.juː

Definitions

  1. The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
    countable, uncountable
  2. value (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed.)
  3. having high value. a valuable painting. waardevol قَيِّم، ثَمين ценен valioso cenný, hodnotný wertvoll værdifuld πολύτιμοςvalioso väärtuslik ارزشمند arvokas de valeur בַּעַל עֵרֶך मूल्यवान vrijedan értékes bernilai tinggi dÿrmætur, verðmætur di valore 高価な 가치 있는 vertingas vērtīgs berharga, bernilai waardevolverdifullcennyvalioso valoros ценный cenný, hodnotný dragocen dragocen värdefull ที่มีคุณค่า değerli, kıymetli 貴重的 цінний, коштовний قيمتي có giá trị 贵重的
  4. security
  5. The degree of importance given to something.
    uncountable
  6. things of special value. She keeps her jewellery and other valuables in a locked drawer. kosbaarhede أشياء ثَمينَه скъпоценности valores cennosti die Wertsachen værdisager τιμαλφή objetos valiosos väärtesemed چیزهای گرانبها arvoesineet objets de valeur דְבַר עֵרֶך कीमती चीज vrijedne stvari értéktárgyak barang berharga dÿrgripir (oggetti di valore) 貴重品 귀중품 vertybės vērtslietas barang-barang berharga kostbaarhedenverdigjenstanderkosztowności valores lucruri de valoare ценности cennosti dragocen...
  7. worth
  8. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
    countable, often, plural, uncountable
  9. regarded as valuable or precious. What is your most valued possession? kosbaar مُقَيَّم، مُقَدَّر скъп valioso drahocenný geschätzt skattet; værdsat ακριβός, πολύτιμοςvalioso, precioso hinnaline ارزشمند arvostettu précieuxיקר मूल्यवान, सम्मानित cijenjen értékes berharga mikilsmetinn, dÿrmætur prezioso 貴重な 귀중한 vertingas, branginamas vērtīgs; dārgs berharga kostbaar, gewaardeerd høyt skattet/verdsatt cennyvalioso pre­ţios ценный drahocenný dragocen vredan värderad, aktad ซึ่งมีค่า değerli, kıym...
  10. courage
  11. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
    countable, uncountable
  12. having no value; worthless. The necklace is completely valueless. waardeloos تافِه، لا قيمَة لَه без стойност sem valor bezcenný wertlos værdiløs χωρίς αξία sin valor väärtusetu بی ارزش arvoton sans valeur חֲסַר עֵרֶך मूल्यहीन bezvrijedan értéktelen tidak berharga verðlaus, einskisverður senza valore 無価値な 가치 없는 bevertis nevērtīgs tdk berguna waardeloosverdiløsbezwartościowysem valor fără valoare ничего не стоящий bezcenný brez vrednosti bezvredan värdelös ไม่มีคุณค่า değersiz 無價值的 такий, що н...
  13. The relative duration of a musical note.
    countable, uncountable
  14. The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
    countable, uncountable
  15. standards or principles. People have very different moral values. waardes قِيَم ценности valores zásady die Werte(pl.) værdier; -værdier (ηθικές) αξίες, αρχές (πληθ.) valores väärtused ارزشها arvot valeurs עֲרַכִים vrijednosti (szellemi, erkölcsi) értékrend norma (siðferðis)gildi valori 価値感 기준, 원칙 vertybės vērtības nilai maatstaven moralske verdier system wartości valores va­lori, principii ценности zásady vrednote vrednosti värdering มาตรฐาน değerler, değer yargıları 標準,原則 цінності اقدار ngu...
  16. Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
    countable, uncountable
  17. (abbreviation VAT) a tax that is imposed on goods and services. belasting op toegevoegde waarde ضَريبَة القيمَة الفائِضَه данък добавена стойност (ДДС) imposto sobre mercadorias/serviços daň z přidané hodnoty, DPH die Mehrwertsteuer moms φόρος προστιθέμενης αξίας impuesto sobre el valor añadido käibemaks مالیات بر ارزش افزوده arvonlisävero taxe à la valeur ajoutée מַס עֵרֶך מוּסָף किसी वस्तु के उत्पादन पर लगाए जाने वाला कर PDV általános forgalmi adó, áfa pajak pertambahan nilai (IVA, imposta ...
    abbreviation
  18. Precise meaning; import.
    countable, uncountable
  19. valor.
  20. The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
  21. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  22. Esteem; regard.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  23. Monetary or material worth: the fluctuating value of gold and silver.
  24. Valour.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  25. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit: the value of an education.

Equivalents

العربية القيمة قيمة
Azərbaycanca dəyər qiymət
Беларуская кашто́ўнасць
বাংলা মূল্য
Català valor
Čeština hodnota jas ocenit považovat vážit si
Ελληνικά αξία τιμή
Esperanto alttaksi valori valoro
Euskara balio
Gaeilge fiúntas luach luacháil méid
Gàidhlig fiach luach
Galego valor
עברית העריך ערך
Қазақша құндылық мән
ខ្មែរ តម្លៃ
한국어 가치
Kurdî ehemmiyet gildî tenîr ton wert
Кыргызча баалуулук маани
Latina aestimo dīligō pretium taxo valor
Latviešu vērtēt vērtība
മലയാളം മൂല്യം വില
Монгол өртөг
मराठी किंमत
Bahasa Melayu hargai nilai
မြန်မာဘာသာ အဖို့
Nederlands belang waarde
پښتو ارزښت
Română cinsti estima evalua prețui valoare
Slovenščina cena vrednost
Soomaali qiimo
Shqip vlerë
Kiswahili thamani
Tagalog balor
ئۇيغۇرچە باھا قىممەت
اردو قیمت
Tiếng Việt giá trị

Examples

“There is tremendous value in a good education.”
“An abacus is of little value when you have an electronic calculator.”
“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.”
“The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.”
“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.”
“He does not share his parents' values.”
“family values”
“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.”
“The value of the stolen painting is estimated to be around four million pounds.”
“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.”
“His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.”
“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.”
“The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.”
“When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.”
“Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.”
“The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.”
“the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument”
“Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic”
“The vein carries good values.”
“the values on the hanging walls”
“The French have a high value for them ; and I confess they are often what they call delicate”
“My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.”
“Who ſoone prepard to field, his ſword forth drew, / And him with equall valew counteruayld: […]”

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