worth

Plural: worths

Noun

• an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
  • "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
• the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
• French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
• Value.
• Merit, excellence.
• An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
• High social standing, noble rank.

Adjective Satellite

• worthy of being treated in a particular way; ; (often used ironically)
  • "an idea worth considering"
• having a specified value
  • "not worth his salt"
  • "worth her weight in gold"

Adj

• Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
• Deserving of.
• Valuable, worthwhile.
• Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

Verb

Verb Forms: worthed, worthing, worths

• To happen or befall; an archaic usage.
• To be, become, betide.

Examples

• A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.
• Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.
• He found going to the Edinburgh Castle was worth it.
• 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.
• I didn't think it worth complaining about his friendship not being worth having.
• I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.
• If such a high-scoring word worth to appear, I’d seize the opportunity.
• Is it well worth visiting your hometown? -Nah, Leicester is not worth it at all.
• I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.
• Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.
• stocks having a worth of two million pounds; £2 million worth of stock
• They have proven their worths as individual fighting men and their worth as a unit.
• This job is hardly worth the effort.
• Well worth thee, me friend.
• Woe worth the man that crosses me.

Synonyms

Charles Frederick Worth, deserving

Antonyms

worthlessness

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