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{
"term": "worthy",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having the qualities that deserve somebody/something",
"sensetop": "worthy (of somebody/something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Very few of his ideas are worthy of further attention."
},
{
"text": "A number of the report's findings are **worthy of note**."
},
{
"text": "No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera."
},
{
"text": "a worthy champion *(= one who deserved to win)*"
},
{
"text": "He felt he was not worthy of her."
},
{
"text": "The matter is hardly worthy of the managing director's time."
},
{
"text": "In Mason we have a worthy new champion."
},
{
"text": "a morally worthy action"
},
{
"text": "Several of our members are worthy of particular mention."
},
{
"text": "She felt she was not worthy to be on the stage with all these glamorous people."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove (yourself)", "seem"],
"adverb": ["most", "very", "well"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having qualities that deserve your respect or attention",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The money we raise will be going to a very **worthy cause**."
},
{
"text": "a worthy member of the team"
},
{
"text": "We thought it was a worthy enough objective."
}
],
"synonyms": "deserving",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove (yourself)", "seem"],
"adverb": ["most", "very", "well"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having good qualities but not very interesting or exciting",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "her worthy but dull husband"
},
{
"text": "He's a very worthy man, I suppose, but he's very dull."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "typical of what a particular person or thing might do, give, etc.",
"sensetop": "worthy of somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He gave a speech that was worthy of Martin Luther King."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "deserving, or suitable for, the thing mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "trustworthy"
},
{
"text": "roadworthy"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːði/",
"audio": "wo/worthy/worthy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːrði/",
"audio": "wo/worthy/worthy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from worth + -y."
}