valued
Americanadjective
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highly regarded or esteemed.
a valued friend.
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estimated; appraised.
jewels valued at $100,000.
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having value of a specified kind.
a triple-valued offer.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of valued
Explanation
Anything valued is very important — it's admired or treasured. If one of the most valued members of your softball team is out sick, everyone will miss her — and you risk losing the game. The adjective valued comes from value, and it essentially means "considered to have value." Your valued possessions may literally be the most expensive items you own, or they may simply be things with sentimental value, like the photo of your grandparents or your dad's old watch. Marketers use this word all the time, often referring to valued customers or valued business.
Example Sentences
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The German leader added that "if the Chinese currency is currently correctly valued, then there is no reason not to allow it to be freely convertible for trading purposes".
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Last month, the Hangzhou-based company raised $7.4 billion in its maiden external funding round, where investors valued it at more than $50 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens valued the company at $780 billion ahead of the IPO, while CFRA’s Keith Snyder has said he “couldn’t wrap my head around the valuation.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
When the share price spiked on 16 June, SpaceX announced it was acquiring Cursor, a start-up that created an AI bot for writing computer code, in an all-stock deal valued at $60bn.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The compass was my most valued possession and I’d lost it twice in two days!
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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