| valued | | |
| adj. | 1. valued | (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind.; "triple-valued" |
| ~ combining form | a bound form used only in compounds.; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" |
| ~ quantitative | expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement.; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" |
| adj. | 2. precious, valued | held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature.; "a valued friend"; "precious memories" |
| ~ worthy | having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable.; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" |
| price | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. cost, monetary value, price | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).; "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
| ~ value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units. |
| ~ differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output. |
| ~ expensiveness | the quality of being high-priced. |
| ~ assessment | the market value set on assets. |
| ~ inexpensiveness | the quality of being affordable. |
| n. (possession) | 2. damage, price, terms | the amount of money needed to purchase something.; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ asking price, selling price | the price at which something is offered for sale. |
| ~ bid price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security. |
| ~ closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session. |
| ~ factory price | price charged for goods picked up at the factory. |
| ~ highway robbery | an exorbitant price.; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" |
| ~ purchase price | the price at which something is actually purchased. |
| ~ cash price, spot price | the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market. |
| ~ support level | (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors. |
| ~ valuation | assessed price.; "the valuation of this property is much too high" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. cost, price, toll | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" |
| ~ value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ death toll | the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. price | the high value or worth of something.; "her price is far above rubies" |
| ~ worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. |
| n. (communication) | 5. price | a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal.; "the cattle thief has a price on his head" |
| ~ reward | the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property. |
| n. (possession) | 6. price | cost of bribing someone.; "they say that every politician has a price" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| n. (person) | 7. leontyne price, mary leontyne price, price | United States operatic soprano (born 1927). |
| ~ soprano | a female singer. |
| v. (possession) | 8. price | determine the price of.; "The grocer priced his wares high" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| ~ mark up | increase the price of. |
| ~ rig, manipulate | manipulate in a fraudulent manner.; "rig prices" |
| ~ overprice | price excessively high. |
| ~ underquote | offer for sale at a price lower than the market price. |
| v. (cognition) | 9. price | ascertain or learn the price of.; "Have you priced personal computers lately?" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| value | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. value | a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds" |
| ~ numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number. |
| ~ characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant. |
| ~ scale value | a value on some scale of measurement. |
| ~ parameter, argument | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. |
| ~ invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness, preciousness | the positive quality of being precious and beyond value. |
| ~ monetary value, price, cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).; "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
| ~ toll, cost, price | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" |
| ~ richness | the quality of having high intrinsic value.; "the richness of the mines and pastureland"; "the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| ~ unimportance | the quality of not being important or worthy of note. |
| ~ national income | the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr). |
| ~ gnp, gross national product | former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr). |
| ~ gdp, gross domestic product | the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year). |
| ~ face value, nominal value, par value | the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value. |
| ~ book value | the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation. |
| ~ market price, market value | the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace. |
| ~ monetary standard, standard | the value behind the money in a monetary system. |
| n. (possession) | 3. economic value, 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" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ mess of pottage | anything of trivial value.; "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage" |
| ~ premium | the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value.; "they paid a premium for access to water" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. 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" |
| ~ color property | an attribute of color. |
| ~ lightness | having a light color. |
| ~ darkness | having a dark or somber color. |
| n. (time) | 5. note value, time value, value | (music) the relative duration of a musical note. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the period of time during which something continues. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. value | an ideal accepted by some individual or group.; "he has old-fashioned values" |
| ~ ideal | the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain. |
| ~ introject | (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized. |
| ~ principle | a rule or standard especially of good behavior.; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. value | fix or determine the value of; assign a value to.; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" |
| ~ overvalue, overestimate | assign too high a value to.; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" |
| ~ underestimate, undervalue | assign too low a value to.; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" |
| ~ float | allow (currencies) to fluctuate.; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| v. (possession) | 8. appreciate, prize, treasure, value | hold dear.; "I prize these old photographs" |
| ~ do justice | show due and full appreciation.; "The diners did the food and wine justice" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ recognise, recognize | show approval or appreciation of.; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. esteem, prise, prize, respect, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ think the world of | esteem very highly.; "She thinks the world of her adviser" |
| ~ reverence, venerate, revere, fear | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
| ~ grade, score, mark | assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" |
| ~ rate, value | estimate the value of.; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ assess | estimate the value of (property) for taxation.; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years" |
| ~ standardise, standardize | evaluate by comparing with a standard. |
| ~ reassess, reevaluate | revise or renew one's assessment. |
| ~ censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.; "This magazine is censored by the government" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. rate, value | estimate the value of.; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" |
| ~ revalue | value anew.; "revalue the German Mark" |
| ~ appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, measure, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
| wave | | |
| n. (event) | 1. moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| ~ breakers, surf, breaker | waves breaking on the shore. |
| ~ backwash, wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
| ~ swash | the movement or sound of water.; "the swash of waves on the beach" |
| ~ riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet | a small wave on the surface of a liquid. |
| ~ crestless wave, swell | the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea. |
| ~ lift, rise | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. |
| ~ billow, surge | a large sea wave. |
| ~ tidal wave | a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun. |
| ~ tidal wave | an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide. |
| ~ tsunami | a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes" |
| ~ rolling wave, roller, roll | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. |
| ~ comber | a long curling sea wave. |
| ~ white horse, whitecap | a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white. |
| n. (act) | 2. wave | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| n. (event) | 3. undulation, wave | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| ~ gravitation wave, gravity wave | (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light. |
| ~ sine wave | a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve. |
| ~ oscillation, vibration | (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean. |
| ~ fluctuation | a wave motion.; "the fluctuations of the sea" |
| ~ seiche | a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances. |
| ~ standing wave, stationary wave | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time. |
| ~ traveling wave, travelling wave | a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave. |
| ~ acoustic wave, sound wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound. |
| ~ wave form, wave shape, waveform | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time. |
| ~ blast wave, shock wave | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity.; "the explosion created a shock wave" |
| ~ pulsation, pulse, pulsing, impulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).; "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" |
| ~ flapping, fluttering, flap, flutter | the motion made by flapping up and down. |
| n. (event) | 4. wave | something that rises rapidly.; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right" |
| ~ rise | a growth in strength or number or importance. |
| n. (communication) | 5. wafture, wave, waving | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand. |
| ~ motion, gesture | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. |
| ~ brandish, flourish | the act of waving. |
| n. (body) | 6. wave | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair. |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
| ~ finger wave | a wave made with the fingers. |
| ~ permanent, permanent wave, perm | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals. |
| n. (shape) | 7. undulation, wave | an undulating curve. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| ~ sine curve, sinusoid | the curve of y=sin x. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 8. wave | a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).; "a heat wave" |
| ~ cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather. |
| ~ heat wave | a wave of unusually hot weather. |
| ~ wave front | all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates. |
| ~ atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" |
| n. (person) | 9. wave | a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch. |
| ~ reservist | a member of a military reserve. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| v. (communication) | 10. beckon, wave | signal with the hands or nod.; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| v. (contact) | 11. brandish, flourish, wave | move or swing back and forth.; "She waved her gun" |
| ~ hold, take hold | have or hold in one's hands or grip.; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him" |
| ~ wigwag | send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 12. flap, roll, undulate, wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.; "the sails luffed" |
| v. (contact) | 13. curl, wave | twist or roll into coils or ringlets.; "curl my hair, please" |
| ~ twist | turn in the opposite direction.; "twist one's head" |
| ~ frizz, kink, kink up, crape, crimp, frizzle | curl tightly.; "crimp hair" |
| v. (body) | 14. wave | set waves in.; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" |
| ~ coiffe, coiffure, coif, arrange, do, dress, set | arrange attractively.; "dress my hair for the wedding" |
| ~ marcel | make a marcel in a woman's hair. |
| ~ gauffer, goffer | make wavy with a heated goffering iron.; "goffer the trim of the dress" |
| ~ perm | give a permanent wave to.; "She perms her hair" |
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