/welθ/
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Translation
A large amount of money and valuable things.
Word origin
From Middle English wele, meaning well-being, plus -th, built the same way as health from heal.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wela
- English cognates
- well
Examples
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"Wealth" is uncountable, so it takes no a and no plural.
more .
A common saying; wealth means having lots of money.
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"A wealth of" something means a large amount of it.
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