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- [wel-fair]
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛər/
- /ˈwel.feər/
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- [wel-fair]
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛər/
Definitions of welfare word
- noun welfare the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society. 1
- noun welfare welfare work. 1
- noun welfare financial or other assistance to an individual or family from a city, state, or national government: Thousands of jobless people in this city would starve if it weren't for welfare. 1
- noun welfare (initial capital letter) Informal. a governmental agency that provides funds and aid to people in need, especially those unable to work. 1
- idioms welfare on welfare, receiving financial aid from the government or from a private organization because of hardship and need. 1
- noun welfare The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group. 1
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Origin of welfare
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English, from phrase wel fare. See well1, fare
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Parts of speech for Welfare
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
welfare popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
welfare usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for welfare
noun welfare
- well-being — a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
- interests — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
Antonyms for welfare
noun welfare
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
- dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
Top questions with welfare
- what does welfare mean?
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- how to apply for welfare?
- what does promote the general welfare mean?
- how to get welfare?
- what is social welfare?
- how much tax money goes to welfare?
- what problems did social welfare progressives attempt to reform?
- what year did welfare start?
- what is corporate welfare?
- what percentage of welfare recipients are white?
- what is the shadow welfare state?
- what does it mean to promote the general welfare?
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