Meaning
How much something is worth, in money or in how useful it is.
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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
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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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 11: value, tire, borrow and 7 more words.