See worth on Wiktionary
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"word": "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
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"word": "all one's life is worth"
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"word": "all that one's life is worth"
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"word": "all that one's life's worth"
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"word": "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
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"word": "a picture is worth a thousand words"
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"word": "dime's worth"
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"word": "for all one is worth"
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"word": "for what it's worth"
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"word": "FWIW"
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"word": "juice is worth the squeeze"
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"word": "not worth a brass farthing"
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"word": "not worth a Continental"
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"word": "not worth a cress"
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"word": "not worth a curse"
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"word": "not worth a dime"
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"word": "not worth a plugged nickel"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "not worth a plug nickel"
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"word": "not worth a tinker's curse"
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"word": "not worth a whistle"
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"word": "not worth hell room"
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"word": "not worth salt"
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"word": "not worth the candle"
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"word": "not worth the paper it is printed on"
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"word": "not worth the powder"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "not worth the powder and shot"
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"word": "not worth writing home about"
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"word": "play it for all it's worth"
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"word": "the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it"
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"word": "the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to get"
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"word": "the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you take"
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"word": "the game is not worth the candle"
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"word": "the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you get"
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"word": "the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you're going to get"
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"word": "the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you take"
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"word": "tuppence-worth"
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"word": "two cents' worth"
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"word": "worth a Jew's eye"
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"word": "worth every penny"
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"word": "worthful"
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"word": "worth it"
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"word": "worth its weight in gold"
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"word": "worthless"
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"word": "worth one's salt"
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"word": "worth one's weight in gold"
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"word": "worth one's weight in salt"
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"word": "worth one's while"
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"word": "worth seeing"
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"word": "worth the whistle"
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"word": "worth while"
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"word": "worthy"
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"word": "your blood's worth bottling"
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"word": "your network is your net worth"
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"word": "your net worth is your network"
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"word": "unworth"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wert-"
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"name": "root"
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"3": "worth"
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"expansion": "Middle English worth",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"t": "worthy, valuable"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "waard",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "weert",
"pos": "adjective"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wert"
},
"expansion": "German wert",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "värd"
},
"expansion": "Swedish värd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "gwerth"
},
"expansion": "Welsh gwerth",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "вартість"
},
"expansion": "Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.\nCognate with Dutch waard (adjective), Low German weert (adjective), German wert, Wert, Swedish värd, Welsh gwerth, Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ).",
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"expansion": "worth (not comparable)",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My house now is worth double what I paid for it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Cleanliness is a virtue worth more than others.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "A painting worth thousands.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for."
],
"id": "en-worth-en-adj-feX0V0Cg",
"links": [
[
"value",
"value"
],
[
"exchanged",
"exchanged"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "His friendship is not worth having.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:",
"text": "Two years after their first European trophy, Atlético were well worth their second.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Deserving of."
],
"id": "en-worth-en-adj-itwaJnPS",
"links": [
[
"Deserving",
"deserving"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaḥaqqa",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "اِسْتَحَقَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aržani",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "արժանի"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaslužen",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "заслужен"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaslužavašt",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "заслужаващ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhídé",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "值得"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "zasluhující si"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "værd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "gewaardeerd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "inda"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "arvoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "väärti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "méritant"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "valoir la peine"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "verdienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "sich lohnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lāyaq",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "लायक़"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mūlya",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "मूल्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yogya",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "योग्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "qadra",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "क़द्र"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "érdemes"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "megér (i)"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "degno"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meritevole"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"alt": "かちがある",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kachi ga aru",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "価値がある"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gapseochiitda",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "값어치있다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "manhada",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "만하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "verd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "verdt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "verd"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "zasługujący (na coś)"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "warty (czegoś)"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "valer a pena"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stójaščij",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "сто́ящий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaslúživajuščij",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "заслу́живающий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stóitʹ",
"sense": "deserving of",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "сто́ить"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "fiach"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "vrijedan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "que vale la pena"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "layık"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 96 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vártyj",
"sense": "deserving of",
"word": "ва́ртий"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Valuable, worthwhile."
],
"id": "en-worth-en-adj-uy3DEIdV",
"links": [
[
"Valuable",
"valuable"
],
[
"worthwhile",
"worthwhile"
]
],
"qualifier": "except in Scots",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worthwhile."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This job is hardly worth the effort.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating."
],
"id": "en-worth-en-adj-avDXo7uj",
"links": [
[
"fair",
"fair"
],
[
"equivalent",
"equivalent"
],
[
"repaying",
"repaying"
],
[
"compensating",
"compensating"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaḥaqqa",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "اِسْتَحَقَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "struvašt",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "струващ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhídé",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "值得"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "rovnající se"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "stojící"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "vermogen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "arvoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "Wert"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gapseochiitda",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "값어치있다"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stójaščij",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "сто́ящий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stóitʹ",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "сто́ить"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "fiach"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 2 93",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vártyj",
"sense": "making a fair equivalent of",
"word": "ва́ртий"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/wɜːθ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɝθ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "māṯala",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "مَاثَلَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "várty",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "ва́рты"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ravnostoen",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "равностоен"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "價值"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàzhí",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "价值"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhí",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "值"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mající hodnotu"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "værd"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "gelijkwaardig aan"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "waard"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "valora"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "arvoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "équivalent"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "Wert"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "equal in value to",
"word": "ér"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 11 23 34",
"code": "hu",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)θ"
}
],
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{
"word": "word"
}
],
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}
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "en",
"3": "worth it"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from English worth it",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from English worth it.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "worth",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French adjectives",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French slang",
"French terms borrowed from English",
"French terms derived from English",
"French terms spelled with W",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) Worth doing; worth the time, effort, etc."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɔʁs/"
}
],
"word": "worth"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "weorþ"
},
"expansion": "Old English weorþ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English weorþ.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair worth",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist worth",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist worth",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
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"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair worth",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "worth (comparative mair worth, superlative maist worth)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "worth (comparative mair worth, superlative maist worth)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Scots adjectives",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English"
],
"glosses": [
"Valuable, worth while."
],
"links": [
[
"Valuable",
"valuable"
]
]
}
],
"word": "worth"
}
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