value
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈvælju/
:
valor
- The teacher emphasized the importance of instilling strong ethical values in her students.
- core values
- personal values
- moral values
It's such a strong Asian value to work hard.
- It's such a strong Asian value to work hard.
- I I think it comes down to values, right?
- We don't even agree on our values around the problem.
- I never realized how much value I'd find in growing teams.
- Otherwise, they don't know anything about values or profits, right?
- I care because the greatest value in my life is growth.
- They don't stand for the value of fighting or for the sport.
- And so only human can make value related decision.
- So she end up putting her value in sex.
- But generosity for me would be a value paying for a date.
Examples
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One thing to consider, uh, in, in your values is authenticity, right?
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Behind that desire is one of Marge's core values: her keen sense of responsibility.
Academic text (2011) -
What if we placed equal value on social order?
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There is great value in just getting out there.
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You understand your own value on your own terms.
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The students in the focus groups also discussed the value of research for human society.
Academic text (2013) -
For example, a community may place high value on both reading and math skills.
Academic text (2012) -
I never realized how much value I'd find in growing teams.
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Like I think there's value to doing nothing.
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Client autonomy is a central social work value that informs essentially all social work practice.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
19
3.7
A belief about what is right and wrong that guides how people act
A belief that people hold for a long time and find hard to change
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
41
4.4
A number printed on a ticket, coin, or bond that shows its official worth
13
3.2
Personal emotional worth of a thing because it reminds you of someone or a time
- Specialized
6
4.0
A tax added to the price of goods and services each time a business makes or sells them
- Specialized
4
4.7
The value of an asset on a company's balance sheet equals its cost minus how much it loses in value
- Specialized
2
6.6
You find the average result you expect by adding each possible outcome times its chance
- Specialized
1
3.4
The average of numbers found by adding them and dividing by how many there are
- Specialized
1
3.6
The middle number in a list of numbers, or the average of the two middle ones when there are two
- Specialized
1
6.3
A price that a company writes on a share or bond, not the market price
- Specialized
The amount an insurance company pays you when you cancel a life insurance policy early
- Specialized
The length of a musical note shown by its symbol, like whole or quarter note
- Specialized
The value written on a share or bond that the company sets, not the price people pay
- Specialized
The amount to replace a building or machine after subtracting wear and age
- Archaic
A cheap brand of food and home items sold by Tesco with very simple packaging
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Value comes from the same root valere meaning 'to be worth', and the idea grew to mean things people see as important or 'worthy'. So a personal or social value is something you think has worth and should guide your behavior.