What does "health" mean?
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Health
/hɛlθ/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- Grammar: health is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: bloom, bodily condition, community well-being, condition.
- Useful contrasts: current illness, plaguey, affection.
- Usage evidence: Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. uncountable, usually
"Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments."
- 2 A warrior; hero; man. obsolete
"They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view."
- 3 the general condition of body and mind wordnet
- 4 A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level. uncountable, usually
"The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project."
- 5 a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease wordnet
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- 6 Physical condition. uncountable, usually
- 7 Cure, remedy. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 8 A toast to prosperity. countable, usually
"Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking"
- 9 The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed. uncountable, usually
"The enemies on this level have a lot of health."
Synonyms
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Example
"Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "health"?
Common synonyms include: bloom, bodily condition, community well-being, condition, constitution, constitution unchanged.
How do you use "health" in a sentence?
Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
How do you pronounce "health"?
Pronounced /hɛlθ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.
Etymology 2
From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with West Frisian held (“hero”), Dutch held (“hero”), German Held (“hero”), Norwegian Nynorsk hauld (“freeman”).