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say it: VA-lyoo
value is a noun and verb meaning "a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed". It is pronounced /ˈvælju/ — VA-lyoo. It carries 11 recorded senses.
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
“the value assigned was 16 milliseconds”
the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
“the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world”
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
“he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices”
relative darkness or lightness of a color
“I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light”
fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
“value the jewelry and art work in the estate”
hold dear
“I prize these old photographs”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for value come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.