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Adjective [English]

IPA: /wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/ (note: UK, wine–whine merger), /wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/ [UK] (note: in accents without the merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-worthwhile.wav Forms: more worthwhile [comparative], most worthwhile [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: From worth (adjective) + while (noun). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|worth|while|pos1=adjective|pos2=noun}} worth (adjective) + while (noun) Head templates: {{en-adj}} worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)
  1. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on. Synonyms: worth it, worth while, worthwile [archaic] Related terms: worth one’s while Translations (good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on): който си струва (kojto si struva) (Bulgarian), 值得 (zhídé) (Chinese Mandarin), 划算 (huásuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 划得來 (huádelái) (Chinese Mandarin), umagen værd (Danish), svarer sig (Danish), betaler sig (Danish), de moeite lonend (Dutch), de moeite waard (Dutch), waardevol (Dutch), inda (Esperanto), vaivan arvoinen (Finnish), de valeur (French), qui en vaut la peine (French), lohnend (German), wertvoll (German), sinnvoll (German), érdemes (Hungarian), de valor (Interlingua), que vale le pena (Interlingua), che vale la pena (Italian), whaihua (Maori), umaken verd (Norwegian), opłacalny (Polish), vantajoso (Portuguese), сто́ящий (stójaščij) (Russian), fiach (Scottish Gaelic), de valor (Spanish), que vale la pena (Spanish), que merece la pena (Spanish), que compensa el esfuerzo (Spanish), değer (Turkish), faydalı (Turkish), yararlı (Turkish), gwerth chweil (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "de valor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "que vale la pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "que merece la pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "que compensa el esfuerzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "değer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "faydalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "yararlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
      "word": "gwerth chweil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "worthwhile"
}

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