Dictionary entry details
• VALUE (noun)
Meaning:
A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the value assigned was 16 milliseconds
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
numerical quantity (a quantity expressed as a number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):
characteristic root of a square matrix; eigenvalue; eigenvalue of a matrix; eigenvalue of a square matrix ((mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant)
scale value (a value on some scale of measurement)
Meaning:
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
worth (the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):
monetary standard; standard (the value behind the money in a monetary system)
market price; market value (the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace)
book value (the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation)
face value; nominal value; par value (the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value)
GDP; gross domestic product (measure of the United States economy adopted in 1991; the total market values of goods and services by produced by workers and capital within the United States borders during a given period (usually 1 year))
GNP; gross national product (former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr))
national income (the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr))
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
richness (the quality of having high intrinsic value)
cost; price; toll (value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something)
cost; monetary value; price (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold))
invaluableness; preciousness; pricelessness; valuableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)
Meaning:
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
economic value; value
Context example:
he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):
mess of pottage (anything of trivial value)
premium (the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value)
Meaning:
Relative darkness or lightness of a color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
color property (an attribute of color)
Attribute:
black (being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light)
white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)
light; light-colored ((used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent)
dark ((used of color) having a dark hue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):
lightness (having a light color)
darkness (having a dark or somber color)
Meaning:
(music) the relative duration of a musical note
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
time value; note value; value
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
continuance; duration (the period of time during which something continues)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Meaning:
An ideal accepted by some individual or group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
he has old-fashioned values
Hypernyms ("value" is a kind of...):
ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "value"):
principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)
introject ((psychoanalysis) a parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized)
• VALUE (verb)
Meaning:
Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
value the jewelry and art work in the estate
Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):
overestimate; overvalue (assign too high a value to)
underestimate; undervalue (assign too low a value to)
float (allow (currencies) to fluctuate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Hold dear
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
prize; treasure; value; appreciate
Context example:
I prize these old photographs
Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):
do justice (show due and full appreciation)
recognise; recognize (show approval or appreciation of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Regard highly; think much of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
respect; esteem; prise; prize; value
Context examples:
I respect his judgement / We prize his creativity
Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):
admire; look up to (feel admiration for)
fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)
think the world of (esteem very highly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot value Sue
Meaning:
Place a value on; judge the worth of something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
valuate; evaluate; assess; appraise; measure; value
Context example:
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):
praise (express approval of)
censor (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship)
reassess; reevaluate (revise or renew one's assessment)
standardise; standardize (evaluate by comparing with a standard)
rate; value (estimate the value of)
grade; mark; score (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Estimate the value of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
rate; value
Context examples:
How would you rate his chances to become President? / Gold was rated highly among the Romans
Hypernyms (to "value" is one way to...):
appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (place a value on; judge the worth of something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "value"):
revalue (value anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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