Meaning & use
high-valued
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Considered very important or worth a lot by people, especially customers, investors, or an organization.
Grammar: Sits before the noun it describes: a high-valued asset. It is not usually used after be.
Patterns
- a high-valued customer/client
- a high-valued asset
- highly valued by someone
The bank offers free advice to its high-valued customers.
Several high-valued players left the club during the summer.
These high-valued contracts are reviewed by the finance team each year.
adjectivebefore a nountechnical
Having a large measured amount or number, as shown by a price, score, or reading.
Grammar: Used mainly in technical writing before a noun: high-valued readings.
Patterns
- high-valued readings
- a high-valued score
The sensor gave high-valued readings all afternoon.
A high-valued result on this test may mean the sample is contaminated.
Common combinations
- high-valued customer
- The airline gives its high-valued customers extra luggage allowance.
- high-valued asset
- The painting is the museum's most high-valued asset.
- highly valued by
- Her quiet support was highly valued by the whole team.
- high-valued employee
- Losing a high-valued employee like him would hurt the company.
- high-valued contract
- They signed a high-valued contract with a foreign supplier.
Synonyms and how they differ
- prized
- Suggests something is treasured and hard to replace, with more feeling than high-valued.
- valuable
- The general everyday word; use it when you simply mean worth a lot, not how people rate it.
- premium
- Describes a top-quality or higher-priced category, often in marketing rather than about people's judgment.
Opposites
Word family
- high-value adjective
- Describes something that is itself worth a lot, such as a high-value item.
- value verb
- To think that someone or something is important.
- valued adjective
- Regarded as important, often in the phrase a valued member.
- valuation noun
- An official judgment of how much something is worth.
Commonly confused: high-valued or high-value? high-valued or highly valued?
high-valued vs high-value
High-value describes the thing itself (a high-value order), while high-valued describes how people regard it (a high-valued client).
high-valued vs highly valued
Same idea, but this two-word phrase comes after a verb: She is highly valued here.
Practice
Which sentence uses the adjective correctly?
Choose one answer.
Before a noun, the compound adjective takes a hyphen: high-valued clients. Option 1 drops the hyphen, option 2 uses the wrong word form, and option 3 changes the meaning to how the clients value something.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “high-valued”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.