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View usage for: valuing in British Englishpresent participle of verb value (ˈvæljuː) noun1. the desirability of a thing, often in respect of some property such as usefulness or exchangeability; worth, merit, or importance 2. an amount, esp a material or monetary one, considered to be a fair exchange in return for a thing; assigned valuation the value of the picture is £10 000 3. reasonable or equivalent return; satisfaction value for money 4. precise meaning or significance 5. (plural) the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group a person with old-fashioned values 6. mathematicsa. a particular magnitude, number, or amount the value of the variable was 7 b. the particular quantity that is the result of applying a function or operation for some given argument the value of the function for x=3 was 9 7. music short for time value 8. (in painting, drawing, etc)a. a gradation of tone from light to dark or of colour luminosity b. the relation of one of these elements to another or to the whole picture 9. phonetics the quality or tone of the speech sound associated with a written character representing it 'g' has the value dʒ in English 'gem' verbWord forms: -ues, -uing or -ued (transitive)10. to assess or estimate the worth, merit, or desirability of; appraise 11. to have a high regard for, esp in respect of worth, usefulness, merit, etc; esteem or prize to value freedom 12. (foll by at) to fix the financial or material worth of (a unit of currency, work of art, etc) jewels valued at £40 000 Word origin C14: from Old French, from valoir, from Latin valēre to be worth, be strong Examples of 'valuing' in a sentencevaluing |