Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Value.

    I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.

    They have proven their worths as individual fighting men and their worth as a unit.

    Wert

    цена́cená, це́нностьcénnostʹ, сто́имостьstóimostʹ

    ціна́ciná, ці́нністьcínnistʹ, ва́ртістьvártistʹ

    an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

  2. (uncountable)Merit, excellence.

    Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.

  3. (uncountable)An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.

  4. (obsolete, uncountable)High social standing, noble rank.

Examples

1407 sentences
  1. That was well worth the trouble.

    То було цілком варто клопоту.

    deDas war die Mühe wirklich wert.

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  2. I think it's worth a try.

    Я думаю, варто спробувати.

    ruЯ думаю, стоит попробовать.

    deIch denke, es ist einen Versuch wert.

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  3. The museum is worth a visit.

    Цей музей варто відвідати.

    ruЭтот музей сто́ит посетить.

    deDas Museum ist sehenswert.

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  4. How much is this ring worth?

    Скільки коштує ця обручка?

    ruСколько стоит это кольцо?

    deWie viel ist dieser Ring wert?

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  5. His speech is worth listening to.

    Варто послухати його промову.

    ruЕго речь стоит послушать.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Pr

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

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Forms

plural: worths
Singularworth
Pluralworths

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895):Charles Frederick Worth

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • worth the price
  • worth considering considering
  • isn't worth the
  • worth doing doing
  • worth a try
  • worth the risk
  • worth seeing seeing
  • is worth visiting
  • not worth the
  • is worth reading
  • worth considering
  • worth the effort

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
worth — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto