worth

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ real, true

▪

They don't appreciate her real worth.

▪ inherent, intrinsic

▪

Study has an intrinsic worth, as well as helping you achieve your goals.

▪ human, individual, own, personal, self

▪ moral

▪ proven

▪

They are looking for a new sales manager of proven worth.

▪ economic, financial, market

▪

Some experts doubt the economic worth of the project.

▪

The insurance company agreed to pay the car's current market worth.

▪ estimated

▪ net

▪ literary, musical

VERB + WORTH

▪ have

▪ demonstrate, prove

▪

The emergency lighting has proved its worth this year.

▪ appreciate, determine, judge, know, measure

▪

They don't appreciate her true worth.

▪

She knows her own worth.

▪ doubt, question

▪ find out, learn, realize, recognize

▪

I only found out its real worth when I tried to buy another one.

▪ assess, estimate

▪ increase

▪

Cutting out the debts will increase your net worth.

PREPOSITION

▪ of worth

▪

He never contributed anything of worth to the conversation.

▪ worth to

▪

This necklace isn't worth anything in money terms, but its worth to me is incalculable.

PHRASES

▪ a sense of (your own) worth

▪

She has no sense of her own worth.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, prove

▪ become

▪ seem

▪ make sth

▪ find sth

▪ consider sth, think sth

▪

Most of the candidates were not considered worth interviewing.

ADVERB

▪ really, well

▪

This book is well worth reading.

▪ certainly, definitely

▪ barely, hardly, scarcely

▪

It's so unimportant it's hardly worth mentioning.

▪ almost

▪ potentially

▪ probably

▪ reportedly

▪ always

▪

It's always worth seeing if you can get a cheap last-minute deal.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

▪

This order is potentially worth millions of pounds to the company.