worth

CEFRB1

/wɜːθ/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The value that something has in money or importance.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Having a particular value or being deserving of something.

Examples

  • The winner will receive fifty pounds' worth of books.

  • Your idea is definitely worth thinking about.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Deserving of.

  2. Valuable, worthwhile.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.

More examples

In context

  • Forget it. It's not worth it.

  • A painting once thought to be worth thousands that is actually not worth much.

  • Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The antique vase was blank a lot of money because of its rarity.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).