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adjective
- well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a answer.
- acceptable, proper or correct.
- A format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
- Do not drive without a license.
- related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
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noun
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
- The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.
- The degree of importance you give to something.
- 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.
- An ideal accepted by some individual or group
- He has old-fashioned values.
- (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- 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
- Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds."
verb (valu, ing)
- Estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans."
- Place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional."
- Regard highly; think much of.
- Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
- Hold dear; "I prize these old photographs."
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noun
- something that is
- Adjective, variable
- something whose value may be dictated or discovered
- There are several variables to consider here.
- (mathematics) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values
- (mathematics) a symbol representing a variable
- (complang) a named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read it them
- (astronomy) a variable star
adjective
- able to vary
- likely to vary
- marked by diversity or difference
- (math) having no fixed quantitative value
- (biology) tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type
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noun
- (uncountable) excellence in morals
- (countable) A good habit
- (countable) a good model quality
- (uncountable) chastity and faithfullness
- (countable) an exemplary quality
- (context, Christian, _, angelology, biblical tradition) the second level of angels, ranked above angels and below archangels
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adjective
- Full of virtue, having excellent moral character
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| vitalism |
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noun
- the doctrine that life involves some nonmaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically
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noun
- a reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism
- (philosophy) a doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(pl=vortices)
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- (figurative) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
- (figurative) Anything which inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
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