How to pronounce value
American English pronunciation
VAL-yoo
- IPA
- /ˈvælju/
- Syllables
- VAL · yoo (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What value means
Most people know value in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
How light or dark a color is
In a sentence: To show value, Lena painted the sky in five blues from pale to dark.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old French word, from the Latin valere, to be strong or to be worth something.
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