worthwhile

See also: worth while

English

Alternative forms

• worth while
• worthwile (archaic)

Etymology

worth +‎ while

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
• IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/

Adjective

worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)

1. Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.

   Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.

Related terms

• worth one’s while

Translations

good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 值得做的

• Dutch: de moeite lonend, de moeite waard, waardevol (nl)
• Esperanto: inda (eo)
• Finnish: vaivan arvoinen
• French: de valeur, valant la peine
• German: lohnend (de), wertvoll (de), sinnvoll (de)
• Interlingua: de valor, que vale le pena
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• Italian: che vale la pena
• Maori: whaihua
• Norwegian: umaken verd
• Portuguese: vantajoso (pt)
• Russian: сто́ящий (ru) (stójaščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiach
• Spanish: de valor, que vale la pena, que merece la pena, que compensa el esfuerzo
• Turkish: değer (tr), faydalı (tr), yararlı (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 값지다 (gapjida)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} verdifull
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• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} dhamana (sw)