/ˈvæl.juː/
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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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