Worth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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preposition
  1. good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking;a place worth visiting.
  2. having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money: This vase is worth 12 dollars.
  3. having property to the value or amount of: They are worth millions.
noun
  1. excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem: women of worth.
  2. usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose: Your worth to the world is inestimable.
  3. value, as in money.
  4. a quantity of something of a specified value: ten cents' worth of candy.
  5. wealth; riches; property or possessions: net worth.
Idioms
  1. to the utmost: He ran for all he was worth.
  2. whether or not (what is stated) is useful or important enough to justify: For what it’s worth, I think you should apologize to him.
verb (used without object) Archaic.
  1. to happen or betide: woe worth the day.
noun
  1. a town in NE Illinois.
adjective (governing a noun with prepositional force)
  1. worthy of; meriting or justifying
  2. having a value of
  3. to the utmost; to the full extent of one's powers or ability
  4. extremely helpful, kind, etc
noun
  1. high quality; excellence
  2. value, price
  3. the amount or quantity of something of a specified value
verb
  1. to happen or betide (esp in the phrase woe worth the day)
noun
  1. Charles Frederick. 1825–95, English couturier, who founded Parisian haute couture
Worth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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