ALL meanings of worth
worth
W w - preposition worth good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting. 1
- preposition worth having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money: This vase is worth 12 dollars. 1
- preposition worth having property to the value or amount of: They are worth millions. 1
- noun worth a town in NE Illinois. 1
- idioms worth for all one is worth, Informal. to the utmost: He ran for all he was worth. 1
- idioms worth for what it’s worth, whether or not (what is stated) is useful or important enough to justify: For what it’s worth, I think you should apologize to him. 1
- verb without object worth to happen or betide: woe worth the day. 1
- noun worth merit 1
- noun worth financial value 1
- noun worth Equivalent in value to the sum or item specified. 1
- adjective worth If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value. 0
- countable noun worth Worth combines with amounts of money, so that when you talk about a particular amount of money's worth of something, you mean the quantity of it that you can buy for that amount of money. 0
- countable noun worth Worth is also a pronoun. 0
- countable noun worth Worth combines with time expressions, so you can use worth when you are saying how long an amount of something will last. For example, a week's worth of food is the amount of food that will last you for a week. 0
- adjective worth If you say that something is worth having, you mean that it is pleasant or useful, and therefore a good thing to have. 0
- adjective worth If something is worth a particular action, or if an action is worth doing, it is considered to be important enough for that action. 0
- uncountable noun worth Someone's worth is the value, usefulness, or importance that they are considered to have. 0
- adjective worth worthy of; meriting or justifying 0
- adjective worth having a value of 0
- noun worth high quality; excellence 0
- noun worth value, price 0
- noun worth the amount or quantity of something of a specified value 0
- verb worth to happen or betide (esp in the phrase woe worth the day) 0
- noun worth Charles Frederick. 1825–95, English couturier, who founded Parisian haute couture 0
- noun worth material value, esp. as expressed in terms of money or some other medium of exchange 0
- noun worth that quality of a person or thing that lends importance, value, merit, etc. and that is measurable by the esteem in which the person or thing is held 0
- noun worth the amount or quantity of something that may be had for a given sum 0
- noun worth wealth; possessions; riches 0
- preposition worth deserving or worthy of; meriting 0
- preposition worth equal in worth or value to 0
- noun worth (Uncountable Noun) Merit, excellence. 0
- preposition worth having wealth or possessions amounting to 0
- verb worth (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. 0
- intransitive verb worth to become 0
- preposition worth Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. 0
- preposition worth Deserving of. 0
- preposition worth (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (except in Scots) Valuable, worth while. 0
- preposition worth Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating. 0