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value

/ˈvæl.ju/ noun A2
  1. The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth. (countable, uncountable) · There is tremendous value in a good education.· An abacus is of little value when you have an electronic calculator.
  2. The degree of importance given to something. (uncountable) · The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
  3. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. (countable, uncountable) · He does not share his parents' values.· family values
  4. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. (countable, uncountable) · The value of the stolen painting is estimated to be around four million pounds.
  5. The relative duration of a musical note. (countable, uncountable) · The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
  6. The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc. (countable, uncountable)
  7. Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. (countable, uncountable) · The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.
  8. Precise meaning; import. (countable, uncountable) · the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

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However, I guess your time is of value, and we did not meet to talk about the cut of my socks.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 73 · B2
“I presume they were of value?”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 11 · B2
Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 77 · B2
His ship has just been scuttled, and he’s too good a judge of the value of money to let drown.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 15 · C1

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