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value
A	noun
	1	value
			relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚visual property ╚color property ╚value ╚darkness ╚lightness
	2	value
			the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚worth ╚value ╚market value; market price ╚book value ╚par value; face value; nominal value ╚gross domestic product; GDP ╚gross national product; GNP ╚national income ╚unimportance ╚importance ╚price; cost; toll ╚monetary value; price; cost ╚invaluableness; preciousness; pricelessness; valuableness
	3	value
			a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚quantity ╚numerical quantity ╚value ╚scale value
	4	value
			an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚ideal ╚value ╚principle ╚introject
	5	value, economic value
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚value, economic value ╚mess of pottage
	6	value, time value, note value
			(music) the relative duration of a musical note
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚fundamental quantity; fundamental measure ╚time period; period of time; period ╚duration; continuance ╚value, time value, note value
B	verb
	1	rate, value
			estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚measure; evaluate; valuate; assess; appraise; value ╚rate, value ╚revalue
	2	measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
			place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
	3	respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
			regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think; believe; consider; conceive ╚see; consider; reckon; view; regard ╚respect, esteem, value, prize, prise ╚admire; look up to ╚reverence; fear; revere; venerate ╚think the world of
	4	value
			fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"
		Category Tree: determine; set ╚value ╚float ╚undervalue; underestimate ╚overvalue; overestimate
	5	prize, value, treasure, appreciate
			hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think; believe; consider; conceive ╚see; consider; reckon; view; regard ╚prize, value, treasure, appreciate ╚recognize; recognise ╚do justice

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