Definitions for values
values
val·ue
Spelling: [val-yoo]
IPA: /ˈvæl yu/
Values is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 114 anagrams from letters in values (aelsuv).
Definitions for values
noun
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relative worth, merit, or importance:
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monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade:
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the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange.
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equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.:
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estimated or assigned worth; valuation:
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denomination, as of a monetary issue or a postage stamp.
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Mathematics.
magnitude; quantity; number represented by a figure, symbol, or the like:
a point in the range of a function; a point in the range corresponding to a given point in the domain of a function:
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import or meaning; force; significance:
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liking or affection; favorable regard.
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values, Sociology. the ideals, customs, institutions, etc., of a society toward which the people of the group have an affective regard. These values may be positive, as cleanliness, freedom, or education, or negative, as cruelty, crime, or blasphemy.
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Ethics. any object or quality desirable as a means or as an end in itself.
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Fine Arts.
degree of lightness or darkness in a color.
the relation of light and shade in a painting, drawing, or the like.
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Music. the relative length or duration of a tone signified by a note.
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values, Mining. the marketable portions of an orebody.
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Phonetics.
quality.
the phonetic equivalent of a letter, as the sound of a in hat, sang, etc.
verb (used with object)
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to calculate or reckon the monetary value of; give a specified material or financial value to; assess; appraise:
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to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance.
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to regard or esteem highly:
Origin of values
1275-1325; Middle English Old French, noun use of feminine past participle (cf. valuta) of valoir Latin valēre to be worth
Examples for values
In Ferguson, these values are seen as white values, the morality a white morality.
“I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can,” Booker told me in a phone interview.
Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
Hence no increase in the productiveness of labour can increase the total sum of values.
What hope can a woman have of a man who values not his own reputation?
In all these ways, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.
And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.
Finally, the quantity of some words has been altered to the values currently accepted as correct.
And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.
I know that many of your values do, indeed, align with Republican policies.