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health

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Physical condition.
  4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Cure, remedy.
  5. (countable, usually) A toast to prosperity.
  6. (uncountable, usually) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

Synonyms

well-being
C2
soundness
life
A1
ease
B2
hygiene
C2
condition
B1
constitution
C1
healthy
B1
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comfort
B2
well
A1
healthiness
physique
23k
prosperity
C2
body
A1
wellness
30k
welfare
C1
sanitation
C2
vigour
37k
medical
B1
strength
B1
convalescence
wholesome
C2
state
A2

good health

vigor
27k
virility
32k
vitality
22k
wholeness
stamina
C2
wholesomeness

physical condition

fitness
C2
sound
A2
🔉
good fortune

poor health

statuss

condition of health

sound health

hygieism

occupational health

soundness of body

be fine

physical makeup

particle meaning welfare

bodily vigor

good
A1
👍
hygienism

ability

bless you
courage
B1
Translations

santé
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salud
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Gesundheit
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salute
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saúde
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gezondheid
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sağlık
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υγεία

sanitas
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sıhhat
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salus
صحة
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salut
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sanidad
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Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛlθ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
helthe
Inherited from Old English
hǣlþ
Cognate with Old High German
heilida
In summary

Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

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