- (n.) Degree of lightness as conditioned by the presence of white or pale color or their opposites.
- (n.) That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity.
- (n.) Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument.
- (n.) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls.
- (n.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.
- (v.t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
- (n.) Valor.
- (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument.
- (v.t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.
- (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/].
- (n.) Esteem; regard.
- (v.t.) To estimate the value or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.
- (n.) The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.
- (n.) In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given or well maintained.
- (v.t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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