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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024val•ley /ˈvæli/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -leys. - Geographya long, narrow area that is lower than surrounding uplands, hills, or mountains.
- Geographya wide, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a river system.
- a low point or low time in any process or situation:peaks and valleys in the stock market.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024val•ley (val′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -leys. - Geographyan elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.
- Geographyan extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
- Geographyany depression or hollow resembling a valley.
- a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
- any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like:the valley of despair.
- Architecturea depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
- Physicsthe lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
- Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1
- Old French valee, equivalent. to val vale1 + -ee
- Middle English valeie, valey 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: valley /ˈvælɪ/ n - a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
- the broad area drained by a single river system: the Thames valley
- any elongated depression resembling a valley
- the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
- (modifier) relating to or proceeding by way of a valley
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French valee, from Latin vallis |