Definitions for Values
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1. valuesnoun

   beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

   "he has very conservatives values"

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1. valuesnoun

   plural of value

2. valuesnoun

   a collection of guiding principles; what one deems to be correct and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct.

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1. values

   In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of something or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live (normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of different actions. Value systems are prospective and prescriptive beliefs; they affect the ethical behavior of a person or are the basis of their intentional activities. Often primary values are strong and secondary values are suitable for changes. What makes an action valuable may in turn depend on the ethical values of the objects it increases, decreases, or alters. An object with "ethic value" may be termed an "ethic or philosophic good" (noun sense).Values can be defined as broad preferences concerning appropriate courses of actions or outcomes. As such, values reflect a person's sense of right and wrong or what "ought" to be. "Equal rights for all", "Excellence deserves admiration", and "People should be treated with respect and dignity" are representatives of values. Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior and these types include ethical/moral values, doctrinal/ideological (religious, political) values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values that are not clearly physiologically determined, such as altruism, are intrinsic, and whether some, such as acquisitiveness, should be classified as vices or virtues.

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1. values

   Plural form and verb form of the word value.

   The family values were clear and all showed the love, passion, unity, harmony, balance and sharing.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Belief

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Values' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1343

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Values' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3456

How to pronounce Values?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Values in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Values in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Values in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Values in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   People in this country need to stand up and go to the voting booth and vote their values.

2. Jacinda Ardern:

   We were not chosen for this act of violence because we condone racism, because we are enclave for extremism, we were chosen for the fact that we are none of these things. It was because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion, a home for those who share our values.

3. Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer:

   I'm endorsing Martin for President today because I believe he is the candidate that best represents the future of our Party, martin and I worked closely together as Democratic governors, and I saw firsthand how he didn't just talk about his progressive values—he actually put them into action.

4. Van Wagenen:

   When it came to this unfortunate circumstance, we didnt want to change the values that we outlined for ourselves in the initial process, we wanted to continue the momentum that we have with the work thats been done in preparation for spring training, and we felt like Luis was in a position to be a leader of that group.

5. Ben Rhodes:

   We believe the United States needs to have affirmative values that we are promoting around the world, in addition to the efforts we do to counter terrorism, we wanted to discuss not just want we're against, but what we're for.

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