{
    "term": "worthy",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the qualities that deserve somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "worthy (of somebody/something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Very few of his ideas are worthy of further attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A number of the report's findings are **worthy of note**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a worthy champion *(= one who deserved to win)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt he was not worthy of her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The matter is hardly worthy of the managing director's time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Mason we have a worthy new champion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a morally worthy action"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several of our members are worthy of particular mention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt she was not worthy to be on the stage with all these glamorous people."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove (yourself)", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["most", "very", "well"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having qualities that deserve your respect or attention",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The money we raise will be going to a very **worthy cause**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a worthy member of the team"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We thought it was a worthy enough objective."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "deserving",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove (yourself)", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["most", "very", "well"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "having good qualities but not very interesting or exciting",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "her worthy but dull husband"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a very worthy man, I suppose, but he's very dull."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "typical of what a particular person or thing might do, give, etc.",
            "sensetop": "worthy of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave a speech that was worthy of Martin Luther King."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "deserving, or suitable for, the thing mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "trustworthy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "roadworthy"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːði/",
                "audio": "wo/worthy/worthy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɜːrði/",
                "audio": "wo/worthy/worthy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from worth + -y."
}