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English

Alternative forms

• valew (in the sense of “valour”)

Etymology

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value , feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin val?re (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“to be strong”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?l'?, IPA^(key): /?vælju?/
• Hyphenation: val?ue
• Rhymes: -ælju?

Noun

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

1. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

   Synonym: worth
2. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
3. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.

   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.
   • 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy

     An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.

   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
5. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.

6. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
   • 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design

     When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.

   • 2010, Rose Edin and ?Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light

     Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.

7. (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.

8. Precise meaning; import.
   • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece

     Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic

9. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.

10. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

    • My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.

11. (obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.

    • And him with equall valew countervayld

Synonyms

• valence

Hyponyms

• added value
• economic value
• face value
• intrinsic value
• lvalue
• market value
• note value
• par value
• rvalue
• time value

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

value (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)

1. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.

2. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
3. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.

4. To hold dear.

Synonyms

• appreciate
• assess
• esteem
• prize
• rate
• respect
• treasure
• valuate
• worthen

Antonyms

• belittle
• derogate
• despise
• disesteem
• disrespect

Translations

See also

• value system

References

• value at OneLook Dictionary Search
• value in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• value in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• value in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• uveal

French

Verb

value

1. feminine singular of the past participle of valoir

English

Etymology

per +? 's. Compare hers.

Pronoun

pers

1. (rare) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

Synonyms

• (singular) theirs
• (neologism) eirs, hirs

Coordinate terms

• (possessive of per): his, hers

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• EPRs, ERPs, ERSP, Pres, Pres., RESP, Reps, Reps., SERP, Sper, pres, pres., reps, resp, resp.

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From an older variant of Dutch paats, from Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??rs/, /pæ?rs/

Adjective

pers (attributive perse, comparative perser, superlative perste)

1. purple

Etymology 2

From Dutch persen, from Middle Dutch persen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Verb

pers (present pers, present participle persende, past participle gepers)

1. (transitive) To press.

Etymology 3

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Noun

pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. A press.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/
• Hyphenation: pers
• Rhymes: -?rs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch perse. Equivalent to a derivation from persen.

Noun

pers f (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

1. A press, mechanical device to exert pression.
2. The press, media.

Derived terms

-media-related

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pers
• ? Indonesian: pers

Etymology 2

Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds with Pers (“Persian”).

Noun

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

1. A Persian cat (breed).
2. A Persian carpet.

See also

• Pers

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pers

1. first-person singular present indicative of persen
2. imperative of persen

Anagrams

• resp., sper

French

Etymology

From Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Homophones: pair, paire, père, perd

Adjective

pers (feminine singular perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

1. (literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)

Further reading

• “pers” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• près, prés, reps

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pers (“press”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rs]
• Hyphenation: pèrs

Noun

pèrs (first-person possessive persku, second-person possessive persmu, third-person possessive persnya)

1. The press, a collective term for the (print-based) media or publisher.

Further reading

• “pers” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Noun

pers m

1. nominative singular form of peri (rarely used)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• perce, perse, piers

Etymology

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rs/

Noun

pers (uncountable)

1. blue, blue-grey (colour)
2. blue cloth

Descendants

• English: perse

References

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

pers

1. blue, bluish

Descendants

• English: perse

References

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also