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"2": "worth",
"3": "while"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "worth + while",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more worthwhile",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most worthwhile",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on."
],
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"links": [
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],
[
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"spend"
],
[
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"effort"
],
[
"money",
"money"
]
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"related": [
{
"word": "worth one’s while"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "worth it"
},
{
"word": "worth while"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "worthwile"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kojto si struva",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "който си струва"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhídé",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "值得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huásuàn",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "划算"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huádelái",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "划得來"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "umagen værd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "svarer sig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "betaler sig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de moeite lonend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de moeite waard"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "waardevol"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "inda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "vaivan arvoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de valeur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "valant la peine"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "lohnend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "wertvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "sinnvoll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "érdemes"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de valor"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "que vale le pena"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "che vale la pena"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "whaihua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "umaken verd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "vantajoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stójaščij",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "сто́ящий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "fiach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"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"
}
]
}
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"note": "in accents with the wine-whine merger",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/",
"note": "in accents without the merger",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪl"
},
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],
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
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"word": "worth one’s while"
}
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{
"text": "Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on."
],
"links": [
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"important",
"important"
],
[
"spend",
"spend"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"money",
"money"
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"UK"
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{
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"tags": [
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "worth it"
},
{
"word": "worth while"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "worthwile"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kojto si struva",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "който си струва"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhídé",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "值得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huásuàn",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "划算"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huádelái",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "划得來"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "umagen værd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "svarer sig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "betaler sig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de moeite lonend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de moeite waard"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "waardevol"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "inda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "vaivan arvoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de valeur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "valant la peine"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "lohnend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "wertvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "sinnvoll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "érdemes"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "de valor"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "que vale le pena"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "che vale la pena"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "whaihua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "umaken verd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "vantajoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stójaščij",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "сто́ящий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"word": "fiach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on",
"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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