value
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,289 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,309 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed the value assigned was 16 milliseconds
- the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world
- the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else also: economic value he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices
- relative darkness or lightness of a color I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light
- (music) the relative duration of a musical note also: time value, note value
- an ideal accepted by some individual or group he has old-fashioned values
verb
- fix or determine the value of; assign a value to value the jewelry and art work in the estate
- hold dear also: prize, treasure, appreciate I prize these old photographs
value in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mere conventions he rates at their proper value.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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I value this reputation too highly not to take care of it.
The Attaché · Thomas Chandler Haliburton · Chapter 1
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To others they might appear quite commonplace books, without much value from any point of view.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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Slaves are valuable property, and if they are overworked or badly cared for they decrease in value.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Now, the value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1