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1. A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
   "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"
    
2. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
   "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"
    
3. 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"
   - economic value
    
4. Relative darkness or lightness of a colour
   "I establish the colours and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"
    
5. (music) the relative duration of a musical note
   - time value, note value
    
6. An ideal accepted by some individual or group
   "he has old-fashioned values"

1. Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
   "value the jewellery and art work in the estate"
    
2. Hold dear
   - prize, treasure, appreciate, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Regard highly; think much of
   - respect, esteem, prize, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
   - measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise
    
5. Estimate the value of
   - rate

Derived forms: values, valuing, valued

See also: black, dark, light, light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn], valuable, valuer [Brit], white

Type of: amount, color property [US], colour property [Brit, Cdn], consider, continuance, determine, duration, evaluate, ideal, judge, measure, numerical quantity, pass judgment, quantity, reckon, regard, see, set, view, worth

Encyclopedia: Value