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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 worth noting that there are plenty of ways to use your skills to combat climate change.
So, if you’re looking to stay ahead of the competition, the game of signing up for new social media platforms is worth the candle.
For what it’s worth, the Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann is an advisor to the Guaidó government, such as it is.
Its 12% stake in the company, purchased for $245 million, was worth more than $4 billion at the initial offering price of $120.
For what it’s worth, this single game raised Rodgers’s ranking in our QB Elo ratings from 12th in the league before the season to seventh after Week 1.
Freedom of speech, then, is sometimes not worth the trouble that comes with it.
So I started to think about anything in my life that would be worth people giving it any amount of time.
Where the U.S. once sought to train several divisions worth, the latest effort is for just 3,000 troops.
There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
It would definitely be wrong for TLC to encourage us to gawk at these men but their story is worth investigating nonetheless.
Not a few of these are extremely beautiful, and are well worth growing on this account, quite apart from their peculiarity.
They are unique; that lady there is the Du Barry—a portrait worth, alone, six thousand francs.
He remembered how his father had execrated this noble enemy, even at the time he declared his worth.
In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.
They represented, as has been explained, the operation of the system of natural liberty by which every man got what he is worth.
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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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