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worth

UK/ˈwəːθ/ US/ˈwɜːθ/ very common
adjective (2) noun (3)

adjective

1.

having sufficient worth

  • “an idea worth considering”
  • “a cause deserving or meriting support”
  • “the deserving poor”
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2.

having a specified value

  • “not worth his salt”
  • “worth her weight in gold”
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noun

1.

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

  • “10 dollars worth of gasoline”
2.

the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful

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3.

French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)

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Origin

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).

Phrases

  • a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  • a picture is worth a thousand words
  • all one's life is worth
  • all that one's life is worth
  • all that one's life's worth
  • an image is worth a thousand words
  • an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
  • dime's worth
  • Fort Worth
  • Lake Worth
  • Poynton with Worth
  • Worth County

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