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Valentine's Day also Valentine Day noun : February 14 observed in honor of St. Valentine and as a time for exchanging valentines

1valet noun 1 : a male servant who takes care of a man's clothes and performs personal services

2 : an attendant in a hotel or restaurant who performs personal services (as parking cars) for customers

2valet verb : to serve as a valet

val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an noun : a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his or her ill health

— val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an·ism noun

val·iant adjective : having or showing valor : BRAVE

— val·iant·ly adverb

Synonyms

brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, undaunted, valorous—more at BRAVE

val·id adjective 1 : having legal force

2 : founded on truth or fact : capable of being justified or defended <~ reasons>

— va·lid·i·ty noun

— val·id·ly adverb

Synonyms

analytic, coherent, good, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, sober, sound—more at LOGICAL

good, hard, informed, just, levelheaded, logical, reasoned, solid, well-founded—more at GOOD

val·i·date verb -dat·ed; -dat·ing 1 : to make legally valid

2 : to confirm the validity of

3 : to corroborate or support on a sound basis or authority : VERIFY

Synonyms

[2] demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate—more at PROVE

[3] bear out, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, verify, vindicate—more at CONFIRM

val·i·da·tion noun : the act or an instance of validating

Synonyms

attestation, confirmation, corroboration, documentation, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimony, witness—more at PROOF

va·lise noun [ORIGIN: F]

: SUITCASE

val·ley noun, plural valleys : a long depression between ranges of hills or mountains

Synonyms

dale, hollow; also canyon, dell, depression, dingle, glen, ravine; basin, bowl

val·or noun [ORIGIN: ME valour, worth, worthiness, bravery, fr. AF, fr. ML valor, fr. L valēre to be strong]

: personal bravery

Synonyms

bravery, courage, daring, fearlessness, gallantry, guts, hardihood, heart, heroism, nerve, stoutness—more at COURAGE

val·or·ous adjective : possessing or exhibiting valor

Synonyms

brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, undaunted, valiant—more at BRAVE

val·o·ri·za·tion noun : the support of commodity prices by any of various forms of government subsidy

— val·o·rize verb

val·our chiefly British variant of VALOR

1valuable adjective 1 : having money value

2 : having great money value

3 : of great use or service

Synonyms

costly, dear, expensive, high, precious—more at COSTLY

2valuable noun : a usu. personal possession of considerable value

val·u·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing : to place a value on : APPRAISE

— val·u·a·tor noun

val·u·a·tion noun 1 : the act or process of valuing; especially : appraisal of property

2 : the estimated or determined market value of a thing

Synonyms

appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, reckoning—more at ESTIMATE

1value noun 1 : a fair return or equivalent in money, goods, or services for something exchanged

2 : the monetary worth of a thing; also : relative worth, utility, or importance

3 : an assigned or computed numerical quantity

4 : relative lightness or darkness of a color : LUMINOSITY

5 : the relative length of a tone or note

6 : something (as a principle or ideal) intrinsically valuable or desirable

Synonyms

distinction, excellence, merit, virtue—more at EXCELLENCE

account, merit, valuation, worth—more at WORTH

2value verb val·ued; valu·ing 1 : to estimate the monetary worth of : APPRAISE

2 : to rate in usefulness, importance, or general worth

3 : to consider or rate highly : PRIZE

— val·u·er noun

Synonyms

[1] appraise,

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