"well off" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: better off [comparative], more well off [comparative], best off [superlative], most well off [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better off|more|sup=best off}} well off (comparative better off or more well off, superlative best off or most well off)
  1. Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security; comfortably off. Synonyms: well-off Translations (being in fortunate circumstances): εὔπορος (eúporos) (Ancient Greek), εὖ βεβηκώς (eû bebēkṓs) (Ancient Greek), заможен (zamožen) (Bulgarian), velstående (Danish), hyväosainen (Finnish), varakas (Finnish), nanti (French), à l’aise (French), შეძლებული (šeʒlebuli) (Georgian), gut dran [masculine] (German), go maith as (Irish), benestante (english: financially secure) (Italian), имашлив (imašliv) (Macedonian), имотен (imoten) (Macedonian), velstående (Norwegian Bokmål), velståande (Norwegian Nynorsk), دارا (dârâ) (Persian), zamożny (Polish), abastado (Portuguese), состоя́тельный (sostojátelʹnyj) (Russian), pudiente (Spanish), adinerado (english: financially secure) (Spanish), acomodado (Spanish), holgado (Spanish), замо́жний (zamóžnyj) (Ukrainian), забезпе́чений (zabezpéčenyj) (Ukrainian), заможний (zamožnyj) (Ukrainian), פֿאַרמעגלעך (farmeglekh) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-well_off-en-adj-dyY8IBSX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'being in fortunate circumstances': 83 17
  2. Of any item, in a good position or circumstance.
    Sense id: en-well_off-en-adj-FC30wwjR

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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ill off"
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      "english": "financially secure",
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      "word": "impoverished"
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      "form": "better off",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "best off",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Kate Gramich, chapter 3, in Kate Roberts, University of Wales Press, page 46",
          "text": "While Kate Roberts came from a poor background and, later in life, in the post-Second World War period suffered from severe money shortages, in the early 1930s, she and her husband must have counted themselves relatively well off, particularly in comparison with their neighbours in Tonypandy.",
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
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          "word": "შეძლებული"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gut dran"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eúporos",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "εὔπορος"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "roman": "eû bebēkṓs",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "εὖ βεβηκώς"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "go maith as"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "it",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "benestante"
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "velstående"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "دارا"
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "abastado"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "состоя́тельный"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "pudiente"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "adinerado"
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "holgado"
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "замо́жний"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "zabezpéčenyj",
          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "забезпе́чений"
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
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          "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
          "word": "פֿאַרמעגלעך"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-well_off-en-adj-FC30wwjR"
    }
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}
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "ill off"
    },
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    }
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      "form": "more well off",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "best off",
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        "superlative"
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        "superlative"
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      ],
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      "word": "well-off"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamožen",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "заможен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "velstående"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "hyväosainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "varakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "nanti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "à l’aise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeʒlebuli",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "შეძლებული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gut dran"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eúporos",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "εὔπορος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eû bebēkṓs",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "εὖ βεβηκώς"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "go maith as"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "financially secure",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "benestante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "imašliv",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "имашлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "imoten",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "имотен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "velstående"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "velståande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dârâ",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "دارا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "zamożny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "abastado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostojátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "состоя́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "pudiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "financially secure",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "adinerado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "acomodado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "holgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zamóžnyj",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "замо́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabezpéčenyj",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "забезпе́чений"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zamožnyj",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "заможний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farmeglekh",
      "sense": "being in fortunate circumstances",
      "word": "פֿאַרמעגלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "well off"
}

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