to be worth something

  • 1it is worth something like — it is worth approximately , its value is approximately …

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  • 2worth — worth1 [ wɜrθ ] adjective Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of dollars. It was a difficult trip, but it was… …

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  • 3worth — I UK [wɜː(r)θ] / US [wɜrθ] adjective *** Summary: Worth usually follows the verb to be and is always followed by either a noun, pronoun, or number, or by the ing form of a verb: The painting is probably worth thousands of pounds. ♦ It was a… …

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  • 4worth — worth1 [wʉrth] n. [ME < OE weorth, akin to weorthian, to honor, Ger wert, worth, werden, to become < IE * wert , to turn: see VERSE] 1. material value, esp. as expressed in terms of money or some other medium of exchange 2. that quality of… …

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  • 5worth — I noun account, advantage, aestimatio, appraisal, appraisement, avail, benefit, caliber, charge, cost, credit, desert, esteem, estimation, excellence, expense, importance, merit, par, pretium, price, profit, profitableness, quality, quotation,… …

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  • 7something is not worth the paper it is printed on — phrase used for saying that something printed, especially a contract, is not reliable and has no value The guarantees aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. Thesaurus: ways of saying that something has little or no valuesynonym Main entry:… …

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  • 8worth — n Worth, value are close synonyms in more than one of their senses, often differentiated by demands of idiom rather than differences of meaning or connotation. Both worth and value denote the equivalent in money or sometimes in goods or services… …

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  • 9worth your salt — phrase respected by other people because you do your job well Any politician worth their salt will keep their campaign promises. Thesaurus: words used to describe workershyponym general words relating to jobs and workhypernym Main entry: salt * * …

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