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valuation

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V AE0 L Y UW0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

An estimation of something's worth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, finance, insurance

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noun

Meaning 3

An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: propositional logic; model theory; propositional logic; model theory

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: first-order logic; model theory; first-order logic; model theory

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A measure of size or multiplicity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: domain theory

Topics: mathematics, measure-theory, sciences

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noun

Meaning 7

an appraisal of the value of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he set a high valuation on friendship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evaluation, rating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appraisal, assessment

Narrower terms: overvaluation, undervaluation, pricing, reevaluation, mark, grade, score, bond rating

8

noun

Meaning 8

assessed price

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the valuation of this property is much too high

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: price, terms, damage

History

Etymology

From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: оценка (ocenka) — estimation of something's worth
  • Danish: vurdering — estimation of something's worth
  • Finnish: arviointi — estimation of something's worth
  • Georgian: შეფასება (šepaseba) — estimation of something's worth
  • Georgian: ფასი (pasi) — estimation of something's worth
  • Hindi: मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan) — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: értékbecslés — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: becslés — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: felbecslés — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: értékelés — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: becsérték — estimation of something's worth
  • Hungarian: becsült érték — estimation of something's worth
  • Indonesian: valuasi — estimation of something's worth
  • Māori: wāriutanga — estimation of something's worth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verdivurdering — estimation of something's worth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verdivurdering — estimation of something's worth
  • Portuguese: valoração — estimation of something's worth
  • Spanish: valuación — estimation of something's worth
  • Spanish: valoración — estimation of something's worth
  • Ottoman Turkish: كشف (keşf, keşif) — estimation of something's worth
  • Finnish: arvonmääritys — process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • Finnish: valuaatio — process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • Finnish: arvostus — process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • Hindi: मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan) — process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability
  • Bulgarian: валюация (valjuacija) — structure and true value
  • Bulgarian: валюация (valjuacija) — a map from open sets
Real reading context

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