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# worthy

«worthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Deserving respect, praise or attention: a worthy winner** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (worthy, worthier, worthiest); noun (a worthy, worthies — old or jokey)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Deserving respect, praise or attention: a worthy winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#m1)

2) Worthy of something means deserving it: worthy of a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#m2)

3) Good and useful, but sometimes a bit dull: a worthy cause, a worthy book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#m3)

4) (noun, old or jokey) An important person: the local worthies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

A values word. Charities are «worthy causes»; a deserving champion is «a worthy winner». In stories, heroes prove themselves worthy. In church and the Bible: «Worthy is the Lamb» — Christians praise Jesus as worthy. Also part of compound words: trustworthy, praiseworthy, newsworthy, seaworthy (a boat safe to sail — Toad's friends hope his boats are seaworthy).

### examples

- She was a worthy winner of the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x1)
- The story is worthy of a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x2)
- We raised money for a worthy cause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x3)
- «Worthy is the Lamb,» sang the choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x4)
- Prove yourself worthy of their trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x5)
- The town's worthies met in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x6)
- Is the old boat still seaworthy? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x7)
- But the following statement is worthy of notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worthy/#x8)

### note

Comparative «worthier», superlative «worthiest»; noun «worthiness». «Worthy of» + noun. Compounds with -worthy mean «deserving» or «fit for».

### Trees and pragmatics

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