worth

[ wurth ]

/ wɜrθ /

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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.

wealth; riches; property or possessions: net worth.

Idioms for worth

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.

Origin of worth

before 900; Middle English; Old English weorth, wurth; cognate with Old High German werd (German wert), Old Norse verthr, Gothic wairths

synonym study for worth

4. See desert. 6. See value.

Words nearby worth

worst, worst case, worst-case, worsted, wort, worth, worth one's salt, worth one's weight in gold, worth one's while, worthful, worthing

Definition for worth (2 of 3)

worth ²

[ wurth ]

/ wɜrθ /

verb (used without object) Archaic.

to happen or betide: woe worth the day.

Origin of worth

before 900; Middle English worthen, Old English wurthan, weorthan; cognate with German werden, Old Norse vertha, Gothic wairthan to become, Latin vertere to turn (see verse)

Definition for worth (3 of 3)

Worth

[ wurth ]

/ wɜrθ /

noun

a town in NE Illinois.

Example sentences from the Web for worth

Freedom of speech, then, is sometimes not worth the trouble that comes with it.

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So I started to think about anything in my life that would be worth people giving it any amount of time.

Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire |William O’Connor |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
It would definitely be wrong for TLC to encourage us to gawk at these men but their story is worth investigating nonetheless.

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Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.

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And the chord structure, for those of you who play an instrument, is unexpected and worth checking out.

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It is so ugly that it is worth nothing, except as a curiosity; and if it ceased to be a curiosity it would be quite valueless.

A Year in a Lancashire Garden |Henry Arthur Bright
But we've had our laugh out of it, and that is worth while, isn't it?

Pirates' Hope |Francis Lynde
It'd take all he's worth to feed him through the winter, and he'd be no use to you at all.

The Hills of Desire |Richard Aumerle Maher
But she thought: If it is not worth hearing, I will simply go to sleep as he reads.

The Substance of a Dream |F. W. Bain
I believe that they silently rate each other as we do men on 'Change—worth five hundred, worth eight hundred napkins.

Debit and Credit |Gustav Freytag

British Dictionary definitions for worth (1 of 3)

worth ¹

/ (wɜːθ) /

adjective (governing a noun with prepositional force)

worthy of; meriting or justifying it's not worth discussing; an idea worth some thought

having a value of the book is worth 30 pounds

for all one is worth to the utmost; to the full extent of one's powers or ability

worth one's weight in gold extremely helpful, kind, etc

noun

high quality; excellence

value, price

the amount or quantity of something of a specified value five pounds worth of petrol

Word Origin for worth

Old English weorth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German werth (German Wert), Old Norse verthr, Gothic wairths

British Dictionary definitions for worth (2 of 3)

worth ²

/ (wɜːθ) /

verb

(intr) archaic to happen or betide (esp in the phrase woe worth the day)

Word Origin for worth

Old English weorthan; related to Old Frisian wertha, Old Saxon, Old High German werthan (German werden), Old Norse vertha, Gothic wairthan, Latin vertere to turn

British Dictionary definitions for worth (3 of 3)

Worth

/ (wɜːθ, French vɔrt) /

noun

Charles Frederick. 1825–95, English couturier, who founded Parisian haute couture

Idioms and Phrases with worth

worth

In addition to the idioms beginning with worth

worth one's weight in gold
worth one's while
worthy of the name

also see:

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

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verb (used without object) Archaic.

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adjective (governing a noun with prepositional force)

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verb (used without object) Archaic.

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adjective (governing a noun with prepositional force)

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