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worth

Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːθ/

The English word “worth” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
  2. Deserving of.
  3. Valuable, worthwhile.
  4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

noun

  1. Value.
  2. Merit, excellence.
  3. An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
  4. High social standing, noble rank.

verb

  1. To be, become, betide.

Etymology

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…

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