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worth
1[ wurth ]
preposition
- good or important enough to justify (what is specified):
advice worth taking;
a place worth visiting.
- having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money:
This vase is worth 12 dollars.
- having property to the value or amount of:
They are worth millions.
noun
- excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem:
women of worth.
- usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose:
Your worth to the world is inestimable.
- value, as in money.
- a quantity of something of a specified value:
ten cents' worth of candy.
net worth.
worth
2[ wurth ]
verb (used without object)
- to happen or betide:
woe worth the day.
Worth
3[ wurth ]
noun
- a town in NE Illinois.
worth
1/ wɜːθ /
adjective
- worthy of; meriting or justifying
an idea worth some thought
it's not worth discussing
- having a value of
the book is worth 30 pounds
- for all one is worthto the utmost; to the full extent of one's powers or ability
- worth one's weight in goldextremely helpful, kind, etc
noun
- high quality; excellence
- value, price
- the amount or quantity of something of a specified value
five pounds worth of petrol
Worth
2/ wɜːθ; vɔrt /
noun
- WorthCharles Frederick18251895MEnglishFASHION, BEAUTY, ETC: fashion designer Charles Frederick. 1825–95, English couturier, who founded Parisian haute couture
worth
3/ wɜːθ /
verb
- archaic.intr to happen or betide (esp in the phrase woe worth the day )
Word History and Origins
Origin of worth1
Word History and Origins
Origin of worth1
Origin of worth2
Idioms and Phrases
- for all one is worth, Informal. to the utmost:
He ran for all he was worth.
- for what it’s worth, whether or not (what is stated) is useful or important enough to justify:
For what it’s worth, I think you should apologize to him.
More idioms and phrases containing worth
- for all one is worth
- game is not worth the candle
- get one's money's worth
- not worth a damn
- picture is worth a thousand words
Example Sentences
“It’s taken me a long life to know for sure that life is for living, and that hard graft has to be worth it,” Leith writes in the introduction to the book.
Severn Trent Water claims that an investment is worth £1.68bn in its accounts, when in reality it has no value to the overall business.
But James and his partners were convinced it was worth the risk, given the strong growth of markets in countries like Canada, the US and Germany.
Musk, who runs several other businesses, has an estimated net worth of $353 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which lists him as the world's richest person.
He estimated he had suffered about $80,000 worth of damage.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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