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# welfare

«welfare» in Mova's school dictionary: **the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (welfare, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Welfare is the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#m1)

2) Welfare is help, often money, that the government gives to people who need it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, teachers, carers and doctors look after children's welfare. Animal welfare means treating animals kindly and caring for their needs: food, water, shelter, health and freedom from fear. In social studies, welfare is how a country helps people who are poor, ill or old. Phrases: «animal welfare», «child welfare», «the welfare of», «on welfare» (US).

### examples

- Teachers care about the welfare of every pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x1)
- Animal welfare means making sure animals are well looked after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x2)
- The RSPCA works for animal welfare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x3)
- Some families get welfare when a parent cannot work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x4)
- The coach is worried about the team's welfare in the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x5)
- A welfare officer helps students who have problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x6)
- Do not think of me or of my position; think only of your own welfare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «welfare», not «a welfare». One l: «welfare», not «wellfare». «Farewell» is a different word (goodbye).

### In the corpora

- ["Receiving public assistance" (official US) means living on welfare: money the government gives to people who need help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/15/)
- ["Entitlement reform" means cutting pensions and welfare (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/13/)
- [Hurting animals on purpose is cruelty; tell a trusted adult, who can report it to an animal welfare organisation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/12/)
- [And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1428/)
- [Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.438/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «welfare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/welfare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.