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.
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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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Oh, and while Wall Street is claiming the stock is worth $135 a share, as recently as last October it was being valued internally at $42.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The company, valued at about $1.77 trillion at its $135 targeted IPO price, has been effectively inaccessible to most retail investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The suit also claimed that the elder Pulte was for years “a valued member” of his grandson’s venture-capital firm.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The lot was valued at between £500-£800 and came in a box marked as belonging to an anatomy class at the University of Glasgow.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“Professor Dumbledore always valued your views,” said Professor McGonagall kindly, “and so do I.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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