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worth (wʉrt̸h)

noun

  1. material value, esp. as expressed in terms of money or some other medium of exchange
  2. that quality of a person or thing that lends importance, value, merit, etc. and that is measurable by the esteem in which the person or thing is held
  3. the amount or quantity of something that may be had for a given sum a dollar's worth of nuts
  4. wealth; possessions; riches

Etymology: ME < OE weorth, akin to weorthian, to honor, Ger wert, worth, werden, to become < IE *wert-, to turn: see verse

  1. deserving or worthy of; meriting not worth the effort
  2. equal in worth or value to a book that is worth $50
  3. having wealth or possessions amounting to a man worth half a million
worth Idioms

for all one is worth

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to the extent of one's power or ability; to the utmost
worth2 definition

worth (wʉrt̸h)

intransitive verb

Archaic to become woe worth the day

Etymology: ME worthen < OE weorthan, to become, used as auxiliary of the pass., akin to Ger werden: see worth

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worth Synonyms

worth

modif.

deserving, meriting, equal in value to, priced at, exchangeable for, valued at, worth in the open market, pegged at, cashable for, good for, appraised at, having a face value of, reasonably estimated at, bid at, held at.

for all one is worth

greatly, mightily, hard; see powerfully, vigorously.


worth

n.

goodness, excellence, merit; see quality 3, value 1, 2, 3, 4. See syn. study at value.


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worth Usage Examples

Possessives

  • massivelyit: They're dressed their remember how many hand than them hand massivelyit's worth.

Noun used with modifier

  • self: The people's sense of self worth and self-esteem is low.

Adjective modifier

  • intrinsic: A counter-argument is possible, that humanity ' just has ' intrinsic worth.

Modifies a noun

  • checking: Any site which has a water supply for the birds to drink from is worth checking.

Preposition: in

  • excess: By the 1980's, Spelling's personal fortune was worth in excess of $ 300 million.
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   Obsequiousness isglorified: While honest worth must wait outside.

-Chao

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

-Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of

It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for whattheyare worth and sell them for whatthey think theyare worth.

-Forbes, (Malcolm Stevenson) 'Steve',Jr

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