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Definition: Worthwhile |
WorthwhileAdjective1. Sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "worthwhile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Value | Adjective: valuable, estimable; worthwhile; worthy, full of worth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Worthwhile |
| English words defined with "worthwhile": contribution ♦ donation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "worthwhile": AMD 29000 ♦ heatseeker ♦ motor hammer drill ♦ strided ♦ videotex. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's what everybody in this car needs is some good ol' worthwhile visceral experience. (Dazed and Confused; writing credit: Richard Linklater) But the man worthwhile, Is the man who can smile, When his shorts aren't too tight in the seat. (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) I hope this has been worthwhile. (Roland Rat, the Series; writing credit: Colin Bostock-Smith; David Claridge) Although it is worthwhile just to see Xander do the Snoopy dance. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I wonder if existance as a woman is worthwhile at all. (The Scarlet Letter; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) | |
Lyrics | You can make my life worthwhile (To Be With You; performing artist: Mr. Big) Make it somehow all seem worthwhile (Runaway Train; performing artist: Soul Asylum) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Man Worthwhile (1921) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Albert Einstein | Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A trial of androgen replacement may be worthwhile in men with low serum testosterone levels if there are no other contraindications. (references) | |
The possibility that tissue specimens can be utilized to identify subsets of the SIDS group and that a national SIDS tissue bank would be worthwhile should be evaluated. (references) | ||
Because family history of melanoma is an important risk factor for the development of melanoma, it may be worthwhile to perform initial screening in first-degree family members of all patients with melanoma. (references) | ||
Business | Some U.S. companies, like John Deere, have found it worthwhile to manufacture equipment in Argentina. (references) | |
It is, therefore, worthwhile for foreign firms to visit JBIC, either at local offices or headquarters, to provide the latest information. (references) | ||
Of course , farmers are more willing to invest in imported machinery when the scale of the farm makes the investment in the machinery worthwhile. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chad | Few people speak English, so it is often worthwhile to engage an agent and an interpreter. (references) |
Japan | At the same time, the Report noted that additional steps are both necessary and worthwhile. (references) | |
Russia | Setting up a branch may be worthwhile if a foreign company has started to pursue business in Russia and is exploring opportunities. (references) | |
Trade | Russia | However, it may be worthwhile for them to rely on Russian banks or "veksel brokers" as intermediaries who will accept the final risk of the promissory notes to ensure that the U.S. exporter is paid in cash. (references) |
Travel | Nigeria | No worthwhile transactions can be completed quickly or impersonally. (references) |
Egypt | But most foreign companies, once established with a base here, find the Egyptian market a worthwhile and profitable place to do business. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Worthwhile" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.04% of the time. "Worthwhile" is used about 1,217 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.04% | 1,181 | 6,541 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.96% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,217 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "worthwhile": be worthwhile ♦ prove worthwhile. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
worthwhile | 4 |
chase worthwhile | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "worthwhile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që e vlen, që e meriton (worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستحق الجهد, ذو شأن, جدير بالإهتمام. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 犯得 , 值得 (merited, meriting, Worthily, Worthy), 合算 (reckon up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | užiteèný (beneficial, good, handy, helpful, profitable, salutary, subservient, useful, valuable), stojící za to, hodnotný (good, rewarding, valuable, worthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | provenuet af denne nye indtaegtskilde skulle vaere tilstraekkeligt stort til,at det kunne bidrage vae sentligt til en loesning af visse budgetproblemer (the income from this new resource would need to be sufficiently substantial to make a worthwhile contribution to the mitigation of some of the budgetary problems). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | de inkomsten uit dit nieuwe begrotingsmiddel zouden zo aanzienlijk moeten zijn dat daardoor op nuttige wijze kan worden bijgedragen tot de verzachting van enkele van de budgettaire problemen (the income from this new resource would need to be sufficiently substantial to make a worthwhile contribution to the mitigation of some of the budgetary problems). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قابل صرف وقت , ارزنده , ارزش دار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | qui vaut le coup, qui mérite d'être vu, qui en vaut la peine, qui a de sens, notable (worthy), digne d'intérêt, digne d'effort. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wertvoll (estimable, precious, sound, useful, valuable, valuably, worthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | που αξίζει τον κόπο, άξιοσ λόγου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כ"אי (expedient, rewarding, worth it, worthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valamirevaló (worth while), fáradságot megérő, érdemleges (worth while), érdemes (deserving, meritorious, rewarding, to worth while, worth, worthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | utile (advantageous, advantagious, convenient, expedient, gains, helpful, instrumental, interest, of use, profit, serviceable, subservient, suitable, useful, usefull), che vale la pena. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "斐が有る (effective, fruitful, worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいがある (effective, fruitful, worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 보람있". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feeu (valuable, worth), feeagh (claim, claim debt, crake, liability, raven, value, worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orthwhileway que vale a pena (worth). (various references) стоящий (rewarding, worth, worth-while). (various references) vredan truda. (various references) vale la pena (it's worth it, worth it, worth one's while). (various references) zamana değer, zahmete değer, değer (amount, costliness, currency, dearness, merit, preciousness, price, rate, valuation, value, worth, worthiness, worthy, worthy of). (various references) вартий (worth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | valens. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "worthwhile": worthwhileness, worthwhilenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Worthwhile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: orthwhile, worthwile, wothwhile. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "worthwhile" (pronounced wer"thwī"l) |
| 3 | -w ī" l | awhile, while, wile, Wyle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-r-t-w-w" | |
-3 letters: whither, whitlow, whortle. | |
-4 letters: eolith, heriot, hither, holier, howler, howlet, liroth, lither, loiter, toiler, trowel, whiter, wither, writhe. | |
-5 letters: helio, helot, hotel, ither, lirot, liter, lithe, litho, litre, lower, oiler, oriel, other, owlet, relit, reoil, rowel, rowth, teloi, their, thiol, thirl, thole, threw, throe, throw, tiler, toile, towel, tower, towie, triol, twier, twirl. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-r-t-w-w" | |
+4 letters: worthwhileness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 6F 72 74 68 77 68 69 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101000 01110111 01101000 01101001 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W o r t h w h i l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 006F 0072 0074 0068 0077 0068 0069 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57818486748974757871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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