worth
Meaning
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- Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
- Deserving of.
- (obsolete) Valuable, worthwhile.
- Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
Synonyms
suitable for
good for
of value
be worth it
value prize
worthy of
redeeming feature
have value
scale value
ability
be worth
caliber
economic value
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɜːθ/
Etymology
From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), Low German weert (adjective), German wert, Wert, Swedish värd, Welsh gwerth, Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ).
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