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Meaning of 'worth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Worth [ a.]
- Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
- Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
- Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
- Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
- That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
- Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
2 . Worth [ v. i.]
- To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

Meaning of 'worth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . worth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
Example in sentence:
  • 10 dollars worth of gasoline
2 . worth [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
Example in sentence:
  • a deserving cause;
  • an idea worth considering;
  • the deserving poor
Meaning (3):
- having a specified value
Example in sentence:
  • an appraisal determined the antique carved chair was worth $900;
  • not worth his salt;
  • worth her weight in gold

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