Kilo Lingo

/ˈvæl.juː/

Line drawing of value
Coloured illustration of value
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Translation

How much something is worth, in money or in how useful it is.

Word origin

From Old French value, worth, from Latin valere, to be strong or to be worth.

Origin
Old French
Root
valere
English cognates
valid, evaluate

Grammar

Gender
Pluralvalues

Examples

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The "value" of a thing is how much money it is worth.

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Here "value" means how useful something is.

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"Value" is also a verb, meaning to think something is important.

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This word is part of lesson 30.