worth - Wiktionary

Verb worth DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Seealso:Worth,worð,worþ,and-worth Contents 1English 1.1Pronunciation 1.2Etymology1 1.2.1Adjective 1.2.1.1Usagenotes 1.2.1.2Derivedterms 1.2.1.3Translations 1.2.2Noun 1.2.2.1Derivedterms 1.2.2.2Translations 1.3Etymology2 1.3.1Alternativeforms 1.3.2Verb 1.3.2.1Derivedterms 1.4References 1.5Anagrams 2Scots 2.1Etymology 2.2Adjective English[edit] Pronunciation[edit] (ReceivedPronunciation)IPA(key):/wɜːθ/ (GeneralAmerican)IPA(key):/wɝθ/ Audio(GA)(file) Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)θ Etymology1[edit] FromMiddleEnglishworth,fromOldEnglishweorþ,fromProto-Germanic*werþaz(“worthy,valuable”);fromProto-Indo-European*wert-. CognatewithDutchwaard(adjective),LowGermanweert(adjective),Germanwert,Wert,Swedishvärd,Welshgwerth. Adjective[edit] worth(notcomparable) Havingavalueof;propertobeexchangedfor. MyhousenowisworthdoublewhatIpaidforit. Cleanlinessisavirtueworthmorethanothers. Apaintingworththousands. Deservingof. Ithinkyou’llfindmyproposalworthyourattention. Hisfriendshipisnotworthhaving. 2012May9,JonathanWilson,“EuropaLeague:RadamelFalcao'sAtléticoMadridroutAthleticBilbao”,intheGuardian‎[1]:TwoyearsaftertheirfirstEuropeantrophy,Atléticowerewellworththeirsecond. (obsolete,exceptinScots)Valuable,worthwhile. Makingafairequivalentof,repayingorcompensating. Thisjobishardlyworththeeffort. Usagenotes[edit] Themodernadjectivalsensesofworthcomparetwonounphrases,promptingsomesourcestoclassifythewordasapreposition.Most,however,listitanadjective,somewithnoteslike"governinganounwithprepositionalforce."Fowler'sModernEnglishUsagesays,"theadjectiveworthrequireswhatismosteasilydescribedasanobject." JoanMaling(1983)showsthatworthisbestanalysedasaprepositionratherthananadjective.CGEL(2002)analyzesitasanadjective. Compare: Organicstrawberriesareworthpayingextramoneyfor. It'sworthpayingextramoneyfororganicstrawberries. When"worth"isusedasanadjectiveofasubject,theverb"tobe"(usuallyassociatedwith"worth")issingularorpluralinaccordancewiththesubject(inthefirstexample,intheplural).Intheothercase,showninthesecondexample,thesubjectisthepronoun"it". Derivedterms[edit] forwhatit'sworth,FWIW notworthabrassfarthing notworthaContinental notworthacress notworthacurse notworthadime notworthaplugnickel notworthawhistle notworththecandle notworthwritinghomeabout unworth worthatry wortheverypenny worthful worthit worthitsweightingold worthless worthone'ssalt worthone'sweightinsalt worthone'swhile worththerisk worthwhile worthy  Translations[edit] equalinvalueto Arabic:مَاثَلَ‎(māṯala) Belarusian:ва́рты(várty) Bulgarian:равностоен (bg)(ravnostoen) Chinese: Mandarin:值得 (zh)(zhíde) Czech:majícíhodnotu c Danish:værd Dutch:gelijkwaardigaan,waard (nl) Esperanto:valora Finnish:arvoinen (fi) French:équivalent (fr) German:Wert (de) Italian:valore (it) m Korean:값나가다(gamnagada) Norwegian: Bokmål:verd (no),verdt Nynorsk:verd Polish:wart (pl) Portuguese:equivalente (pt) Russian:сто́ящий (ru)(stójaščij),сто́ить (ru)(stóitʹ)(verb) ScottishGaelic:fiach Spanish:valioso (es) Swahili:dhamana (sw) Thai:pleaseaddthistranslationifyoucan Turkish:layık (tr),değerinde Ukrainian:ва́ртий (uk)(vártyj) deservingof Arabic:اِسْتَحَقَّ‎(istaḥaqqa) Armenian:արժանի (hy)(aržani) Bulgarian:заслужен (bg)(zaslužen),заслужаващ (bg)(zaslužavašt) Chinese: Mandarin:值得 (zh)(zhídé) Czech:zasluhujícísi c Danish:værd Dutch:gewaardeerd (nl) Esperanto:inda (eo) Finnish:arvoinen (fi),väärti (fi) French:méritant (fr),valoirlapeine (fr)(verb) German:verdienen (de),sichlohnen (de)(verb) Hindi:लायक़ (hi)(lāyaq),मूल्य (hi)(mūlya),योग्य (hi)(yogya),क़द्र f(qadra) Italian:degno (it),meritevole (it) f Japanese:価値がある (ja)(かちがある,kachigaaru) Korean:값어치있다(gapseochiitda),만하다 (ko)(manhada) Norwegian: Bokmål:verd (no),verdt Nynorsk:verd Polish:zasługujący(nacoś),warty (pl)(czegoś) Portuguese:valerapena (pt) Russian:сто́ящий (ru)(stójaščij),заслу́живающий (ru)(zaslúživajuščij),сто́ить (ru)(stóitʹ)(verb) ScottishGaelic:fiach Serbo-Croatian:vrijedan (sh) Spanish:quevalelapena Turkish:layık (tr) Ukrainian:ва́ртий (uk)(vártyj) obsolete:valuable,worthwhile—seeworthwhile makingafairequivalentof Arabic:اِسْتَحَقَّ‎(istaḥaqqa) Bulgarian:струващ (bg)(struvašt) Chinese: Mandarin:值得 (zh)(zhídé) Czech:rovnajícíse,stojící (cs) Dutch:vermogen (nl) Finnish:arvoinen (fi) German:Wert (de) Korean:값어치있다(gapseochiitda) Russian:сто́ящий (ru)(stójaščij),сто́ить (ru)(stóitʹ)(verb) ScottishGaelic:fiach Ukrainian:ва́ртий (uk)(vártyj) Noun[edit] worth(countableanduncountable,pluralworths) (countable)Value. I’llhaveadollar'sworthofcandy,please. Theyhaveproventheirworthsasindividualfightingmenandtheirworthasaunit. stockshavingaworthoftwomillionpounds 2022January12,TomAllett,“MPsconcernedatTreasury'sinfluenceonrailindustry”,inRAIL,number948,page13:TheDecember11Telegraphstory,whichaccusedtheTreasuryofblockingplansfor£30billionworthofelectrificationacrosstherailnetwork[...],hasrungalarmbellsoverwhoistherealsourceofpowerconcerningrail'sdevelopment-theDepartmentofTransportortheTreasury? (uncountable)Merit,excellence. Ournewdirectorisamanwhoseworthiswellacknowledged. 2012September7,PhilMcNulty,“Moldova0-5England”,inBBCSport‎[2]:ManchesterUnited'sTomCleverleyimpressedonhisfirstcompetitivestartandLamparddemonstratedhiscontinuedworthatinternationallevelinaperformancethatwaslittlemorethanastrollonceEnglandswiftlyexertedtheirobviousauthority. (uncountable)Wealth,fortune,riches,property,possessions. 2018July19,“Morethan£1.2millionofBitcoinseizedfromdrugdealer”,incps.gov.uk‎[3],London:CrownProsecutionService,retrieved2018-07-20:Adrugdealerandmoneylaundererwhowasusingcryptocurrencytoconcealhisfundshashadover£1.2millionworthofBitcoinsseized,restrainedandthenconvertedintoBritishpoundsinthefirstcaseofitskind. (uncountable)Anamountthatcouldbeachievedorproducedinaspecifiedtime. 2020November18,“NetworkNews:LackofsafetycomplianceafactorinLoughboroughSPAD”,inRail,page25:AlthoughmostmodernOTDRequipmentcanstoreatleasteightdays'worthofdata(inlinewithcurrentindustrystandards),whenitwasdownloadedfromtheClass57sinvolved,itwasdiscoveredtheyhadstoredjustovereighthours'worthofdata. (uncountable,obsolete)Highsocialstanding,noblerank. 1593,anonymous,TheLifeandDeathofIackeStraw […],ActI:VVhatbeetheymenofanyworthorno?[…]NomygoodLord,theybeemenofnogreataccount,FortheybeenonebutTylers,Thatchers,Millers,andſuchlike. Derivedterms[edit] Termsderivedfromworth(noun) allone'slife'sworth adime'sworth comparableworth disworth jobsworth money'sworth networth outworth pennyworth self-worth tuppenceworth/tuppenceworth twopennies'worth unworth worthen worthly Translations[edit] value Arabic:قِيمَة‎ f(qīma) Belarusian:цана́ f(caná),ва́ртасць (be) f(vártascʹ),цэ́ннасць f(cénnascʹ) Bulgarian:цена (bg) f(cena),стойност (bg) f(stojnost) Catalan:valor (ca) m Cherokee:ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ(tsugvwalodi) Chinese: Mandarin:價值 (zh),价值 (zh)(jiàzhí) Czech:cena (cs),hodnota (cs) f Dutch:waarde (nl) f Finnish:arvo (fi) French:valeur (fr) m German:Wert (de) m Gothic:𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 n(wairþ) Higaonon:bli Hindi:क़ीमत f(qīmat),क़द्र f(qadra) Italian:valore (it) m Japanese:価値 (ja)(かち,kachi) Korean:값 (ko)(gap),값어치 (ko)(gapseochi),가치(價値) (ko)(gachi) LowGerman: GermanLowGerman:Weert (nds) m Maranao:bansa Plautdietsch:Wieet m Polish:wartość (pl) f Portuguese:valor (pt) m Russian:цена́ (ru) f(cená),це́нность (ru) f(cénnostʹ),сто́имость (ru) f(stóimostʹ) ScottishGaelic:fiach m,luach m,fiù m Spanish:valor (es) m,valía (es) Swedish:värde (sv) n Tamil:மதிப்பு (ta)(matippu) TocharianB:kare Turkish:değer (tr) Ukrainian:ціна́ (uk) f(ciná),ці́нність (uk) f(cínnistʹ),ва́ртість (uk) f(vártistʹ) merit,excellence Bulgarian:достойнство (bg) n(dostojnstvo) Finnish:kyvyt pl,arvo (fi) wealth,property Finnish:arvo (fi),omaisuus (fi) Etymology2[edit] FromMiddleEnglishworthen,wurthen,werthen(“tobe;exist;comeintobeing;comeintoexistence”),fromOldEnglishweorþan(“tocomeintobeing;bemade;become;arise;be”),fromProto-WestGermanic*werþan,fromProto-Germanic*werþaną(“tocomeabout;happen;comeintobeing;become”),fromProto-Indo-European*wert-(“toturn;turnout”). CognatewithDutchworden,LowGermanwarrn,Germanwerden,OldNorseverða(Norwegianverta,Swedishvarda),Latinvertere. Alternativeforms[edit] word Verb[edit] worth(third-personsingularsimplepresentworths,presentparticipleworthing,simplepastworthorworthed,pastparticipleworthorworthedorworthen) (obsolete,exceptinsetphrasesordialectal)Tobe,become,betide. 1611,TheHolyBible, […](KingJamesVersion),London:[…]RobertBarker, […],OCLC964384981,Ezekiel30:2:Sonneofman,prophecieandsay,ThussaiththeLordGod,Howleye,woeworththeday. 1843,ThomasCarlyle,PastandPresent,book2,ch.3,"LandlordEdmund" For,addsoureruditeFriend,theSaxonweorthanequivalenttotheGermanwerden,meanstogrow,tobecome;tracesofwhicholdvocablearestillfoundintheNorth-countrydialects,as,‘Whatiswordofhim?’meaning‘Whatisbecomeofhim?’andthelike.NayweinmodernEnglishstillsay,‘Woeworththehour.’[i.e.Woebefallthehour] Woeworththemanthatcrossesme. Wellworththee,mefriend.(Maygoodfortunebefallyou,myfriend.) Derivedterms[edit] forworth References[edit] “worth”inWebster’sRevisedUnabridgedDictionary,G.&C.Merriam,1913. “worth”inTheCenturyDictionary,NewYork,N.Y.:TheCenturyCo.,1911. worthatOneLookDictionarySearch JoanMaling(1983),TransitiveAdjectives:ACaseofCategorialReanalysis,inF.HenryandB.Richards(eds.),LinguisticCategories:AuxiliariesandRelatedPuzzles,vol.1,pp.253-289. Anagrams[edit] throw,whort,wroth Scots[edit] Etymology[edit] FromOldEnglishweorþ Adjective[edit] worth(comparativemairworth,superlativemaistworth) Valuable,worthwhile. 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