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health
[ helth ]
noun
- the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
good health;
poor health.
- soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment:
to have one's health;
to lose one's health.
- a polite or complimentary wish for a person's health, happiness, etc., especially as a toast:
We drank a health to our guest of honor.
- vigor; vitality:
economic health.
health
/ hɛlθ /
noun
- the state of being bodily and mentally vigorous and free from disease
- the general condition of body and mind
in poor health
- the condition of any unit, society, etc
the economic health of a nation
- a toast to a person, wishing him or her good health, happiness, etc
- modifier of or relating to food or other goods reputed to be beneficial to the health
health food
a health store
- modifier of or relating to health, esp to the administration of health
a health committee
health service
health resort
interjection
- an exclamation wishing someone good health as part of a toast (in the phrases your health, good health, etc)
Other Words From
- healthward adjective adverb
- sub·health noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of health1
Idioms and Phrases
see clean bill of health .Example Sentences
Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.
Children in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.
But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.
But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.
This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.
But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
Why use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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