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To take something at face value is the believe that what the person is saying is truth and rather than looking for the hidden meaning it's not understanding the bigger picture or motive behind what the person is actually saying. Share. Improve this answer. Follow. answered Jan 24, 2013 at 16:57.
be of value, be of benefit; these mean that something is valuable, usually with respect to the current subject of discussion. Also. be of interest, which means that something is interesting. And for a slightly different "be of" idiom, there is. be of age, which means that someone has reached adulthood.
asked Nov 29, 2015 at 1:25. user147677. 135 2 2 6. 1. Well, technically "valuable" means capable of having a value assigned, while "valued" means having had a value assigned. – Hot Licks. Nov 29, 2015 at 3:03. @HotLicks: It may be capable of having a value assigned, but that is only because it has value. Something that has value is valuable.
In the 1580s "to endear" was recordedly used with the general meaning "to enhance the value of". Today you may still interpret "to endear (somebody to someone)" as "to make (somebody) valuable (to someone)". Admittedly this is of limited value a few centuries later, but you and other readers of the question might still consider it interesting.
But a value to me is just a type of belief i.e. a belief about what we desire or should desire. Hopefully our values correspond to our desires; our values can influence our desires over time, but believing we value something does not automatically make us act accordingly; we have to make it emotional if we want something to drive us to action i ...
If a value lies at the threshold, it doesn't default to either. It might even be considered a special value that belongs to neither. For example, 0 is a threshold value discriminating between positive and negative numbers while not being either positive or negative.
For a continuous scale, changing the value in order to be able to use "under" is simply wrong. E.g. "under $1001" would include $1000.99, and "under 4 foot 7 inches" would include 4 foot 6.9 inches, both of which are changes of meaning. Whether people report their height (resp. earnings) in full inches (resp. dollars) is not the point.
It means 'whether or not this is of any use/value'. For what it's worth, I'm very sorry I broke the window. means, for example, that it may not make any difference to the physical state of the window, but that hopefully the apology helps placate you. It's almost a kind of self-deprecation; it's saying 'No words of mine will be adequate, but ...
Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess. (Mathematics) Find a numerical expression or equivalent for (an equation, formula, or function) For assess, it gives the following definitions. Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of. (Usually be assessed) Calculate or estimate the price or value of.
OED: II. Senses relating to the extraction of advantage, effect, etc., from a situation. 5.a. transitive. To deprive or defraud [someone of/for something]*, esp. by taking regular amounts over a period of time; to exploit, turn into a source of (frequently illicit) profit, advantage, information, etc.; to extract all possible advantage from.