VALUE


Meaning of VALUE in English

I.

noun

1 amount of money that sth is worth

ADJECTIVE

▪ high , low

the high ~ of the pound

▪ full , total

▪ real , true

▪ average

▪ estimated

▪ monetary

▪ nominal

a share with a nominal ~ of $50

▪ face

At yesterday's auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face ~.

▪ residual

a residual ~ of 10% of its original cost

▪ resale

Regular servicing will add to the resale ~ of your car.

▪ rental

▪ market

Use current market ~s to determine the worth of your assets.

▪ land , property

▪ shareholder

VERB + VALUE

▪ place , put , set

It's hard to put a ~ on a company with large assets and turnover but low profits.

▪ add

▪ boost , increase , inflate , raise

They were accused of artificially inflating the ~ of the company's securities.

▪ maximize

▪ double , triple , etc.

Dramatic developments on the stock market tripled the ~ of his shares.

▪ diminish , lower , reduce

▪ hold , keep , retain

The piano has held its ~.

▪ calculate , determine , estimate , measure , work out

▪ overestimate , underestimate

VALUE + VERB

▪ double , triple , etc.

▪ appreciate , go up , increase , rise

▪ exceed sth

▪ decline , decrease , depreciate , fall , go down

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

The land has dropped in ~.

▪ to the ~ of

Paintings to the ~ of two million euros were stolen last night.

PHRASES

▪ an increase in ~ , a rise in ~

▪ a drop in ~ , a fall in ~ , a reduction in ~

2 how much sth is worth compared with its price

ADJECTIVE

▪ excellent , good , great , outstanding

▪ poor

VERB + VALUE

▪ deliver , offer , provide

Our products deliver ~.

PHRASES

▪ ~ for money

Though a little more expensive, the larger model gives better ~ for money.

3 importance

ADJECTIVE

▪ enormous , great , high , immense , incalculable , inestimable , tremendous

▪ added

It has an added ~ for native speakers of English.

▪ doubtful , dubious , limited , low

His published account of his travels is of dubious ~ to other explorers.

▪ lasting

▪ main , real , true

▪ intrinsic

▪ practical , sentimental , symbolic

▪ aesthetic , entertainment

▪ nutritional , nutritive

the nutritional ~ of eggs

VERB + VALUE

▪ have

The stolen necklace only had sentimental ~ for her.

▪ attach , place , put , set

He places a high ~ on marriage.

▪ appreciate , realize , recognize , understand

We began to recognize the ~ of advice from others.

▪ demonstrate , prove , show

a program which demonstrates the ~ of education

▪ measure

▪ question

Many people question the social ~ of talk shows.

▪ overestimate , underestimate

You can't underestimate the ~ of networking.

▪ diminish

▪ enhance

This would greatly enhance the ~ of the book as a resource for scholars.

▪ emphasize , underline ( esp. BrE ), underscore ( esp. AmE )

VALUE + VERB

▪ be , lie

The real ~ of the book lies in its wonderful characterization.

VALUE + NOUN

▪ judgement

Evolutionary psychology does not make a ~ judgement about the way we behave.

PREPOSITION

▪ of ~

He didn't say anything of ~.

▪ ~ to

Pottery fragments are of great ~ to historians.

4 values set of beliefs

ADJECTIVE

▪ dominant

the dominant ~s of a society

▪ conservative , conventional , traditional

▪ common , shared , universal

What shared ~s do you have with your friends?

▪ human

▪ aesthetic , cultural , educational , political , social

▪ Christian , ethical , moral , religious , spiritual

We need to be guided by our moral ~s.

▪ family

The party's election campaign emphasized its belief in family ~s.

▪ middle-class , Victorian , Western

▪ parental

the rejection of parental ~s by a child

▪ democratic , liberal

… OF VALUES

▪ set

a prevailing set of cultural ~s

VERB + VALUES

▪ have , hold

They hold very middle-class ~s.

▪ cherish , encourage , foster , promote

Is it the role of schools to foster spiritual ~s?

▪ instil/instill

Families adhered to the ~s instilled by the church.

▪ embody

the principles and ~s embodied in the Constitution

▪ hold onto , preserve , uphold

a society that has failed to preserve its traditional ~s

▪ compromise

I won't compromise my artistic ~s.

▪ share

the cultural ~s shared by all the ethnic groups

VALUE + NOUN

▪ system

a common ~ system

PHRASES

▪ production ~s

a movie with high production ~s

II.

verb think sb/sth is very important

ADVERB

▪ greatly , highly , particularly

▪ increasingly

▪ positively

▪ equally

▪ rightly

the fear of losing the independence that they rightly ~

VERB + VALUE

▪ come to , learn to

During my illness I learned to ~ the ordinary things in life.

PREPOSITION

▪ as

I ~ her very highly as a friend.

▪ for

Tulips are ~d for their beauty.

He hated to be ~d for his looks alone.

Value is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ asset , ↑ contribution , ↑ diversity , ↑ freedom , ↑ friendship , ↑ honesty , ↑ independence , ↑ input , ↑ life , ↑ privacy , ↑ property , ↑ stock , ↑ work

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .