Meaning of worth in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Value.

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

• Merit, excellence.

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

• Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.

adjective

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

  Example: A painting worth thousands.

• Deserving of.

  Example: His friendship is not worth having.

• (except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.

• Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

  Example: This job is hardly worth the effort.

verb

• (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

  Example: Well worth thee, me friend.