worth

adjective · noun · verbA2

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adjective

1.
(not comparable)Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
How much / What is your house worth? - Now it's worth half what I paid for it. So it'd sure would be worthwhile to repair before putting it for sale.
Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.
A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.
Is it well worth visiting your hometown? -Nah, Leicester is not worth it at all.
2.
(not comparable)Deserving of.
This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.
He found going to the Edinburgh Castle was worth it.
I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.
I didn't think it worth complaining about his friendship not being worth having.
3.
(not comparable, obsolete)(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worthwhile.
4.
(not comparable)Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
This job is hardly worth the effort.

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noun

Plural noun:

worths

1.
(countable, uncountable)Value.
I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
They have proven their worths as individual fighting men and their worth as a unit.
stocks having a worth of two million pounds; £2 million worth of stock
2.
(uncountable)Merit, excellence.
Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
3.
(uncountable)An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
4.
(obsolete, uncountable)High social standing, noble rank.

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verb

V_es/s

worths

V_ing/Gerund

worthing

V_ed/pp

worthworthed

1.
(obsolete)(obsolete, except in set phrases or dialectal) To be, become, betide.
Woe worth the man that crosses me.
Well worth thee, me friend.

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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushall one's life is worthall that one's life is worthall that one's life's worthan ounce of prevention is worth a pound of curedime's worthfor all one is worthfor what it's worth,FWIWnot worth a brass farthingnot worth a Continentalnot worth a cressnot worth a cursenot worth a dimenot worth a plugged nickelnot worth a plug nickelnot worth a tinker's cursenot worth a whistlenot worth beansnot worth hell roomnot worth salt

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (worthy, valuable); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.