English-Thai Dictionary

worthwhile

ADJ คุ้มค่า กับ ความพยายาม  คุ้ม กับ เวลา ที่ เสีย ไป  worthy kum-ka-kab-kwam-pa-ya-yam

 

worthwhileness

N ความคุ้มค่า  kwam-kuam-ka

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WORTHWHILE

WORTHWHILE worthwhile, adj.

 

Defn: Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

worthwhile

worth while |ˈwərTHˈ (h )wīl ˈˌwərθˈˌ (h )waɪl | ▶adjective worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance: extra lighting would make a worthwhile contribution to road safety. DERIVATIVES worth while ness noun usage: The adjective worthwhile is used both attributively (that is, before the noun ) and predicatively (that is, when it stands alone and comes after the verb ). In both positions, it is always correct as one word ( a worthwhile book; we didn't think it was worthwhile ), but when used predicatively, it may also be written as two words: we didn't think it was worth while .

 

Oxford Dictionary

worthwhile

worth |while |wəːθˈwʌɪl | ▶adjective worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance: extra lighting would make a worthwhile contribution to road safety. DERIVATIVES worthwhileness noun usage: When the adjective worthwhile is used attributively (i.e. before the noun ) it is always written as one word: a worthwhile cause. However, when it is used predicatively (i.e. it stands alone and comes after the verb ) it may be written as either one or two words: we didn't think it was worthwhile / worth while .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

worthwhile

worthwhile adjective a worthwhile expenditure of time: valuable, useful, of use, of service, beneficial, rewarding, advantageous, positive, helpful, profitable, gainful, fruitful, productive, lucrative, constructive, effective, effectual, meaningful, worthy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

worthwhile

worthwhile adjective everyone felt that the campaign had been worthwhile | a worthwhile job: valuable, of value, worth it, worth the effort, useful, of use, usable, of service, beneficial, rewarding, advantageous, positive, helpful, of help, of assistance, purposeful, profitable, gainful, fruitful, productive, constructive, effective, efficacious, effectual, justifiable, significant, important, substantial, meaningful, worthy; excellent, exemplary, good. ANTONYMS worthless, useless.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

worthwhile

worth while /wə̀ː r θ (h )wáɪl / (! 名詞 の前ではw ó rthwh ì le ) →worth 形容詞 more ～; most ～(金 時間 労力をかける )価値のある ; «…の » 役に立つ «for » (!worth whileとも書く ) ▸ worthwhile work やりがいがある仕事 ▸ do something worthwhile for children 何か子供の役に立つことをする ▸ It is worthwhile to make [making ] an effort .努力をするのはむだではない (→it 代名詞 4h ╳ An effort is worthwhile to make [making ]. としない ).