wealth

CEFRB1

/wɛlθ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A large amount of money, property, or valuable possessions.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

Examples

  • For all his wealth, he is unhappy.

  • Wealth comes to those who make things happen, not to those who let things happen.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

  2. Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

More examples

In context

  • The desire to gain wealth and power

  • She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

  • Money talks, but true wealth whispers.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”),...