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# worthwhile

«worthwhile» in Mova's school dictionary: **Worth the time, effort or money you spend; useful or good…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (worthwhile)

### meaning for a pupil

Worth the time, effort or money you spend; useful or good to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life, school and the formal voice: «a worthwhile trip», «It's worthwhile checking your answers.» In maths and money, a deal is worthwhile if what you get is worth more than what you pay.

### examples

- Practising every day is worthwhile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x1)
- Helping at the food bank was a worthwhile thing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x2)
- The long walk was worthwhile for the view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x3)
- It's worthwhile checking your work before you hand it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x4)
- Is it worthwhile paying more for the bigger box? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x5)
- They did some worthwhile work for the charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthwhile/#x6)

### note

One word: worthwhile. Can go before a noun (a worthwhile job) or after a verb (it was worthwhile). «Worth your while» is the same idea in a phrase.

### Trees and pragmatics

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