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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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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
/ ɛθ /
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 51Թ Forms
- ٳw adjective adverb
- ܲ·ٳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of health1
Idioms and Phrases
see clean bill of health .Example Sentences
This month the government in England will launch a consultation for its men's health strategy.
It meant that over a four-year period, she had been given false reassurance about her health when she was developing cervical cancer, and the opportunity to treat pre-cancerous cells passed.
But this will not affect core health board funding.
There have been rising concerns of risks to public health from the tonnes of uncollected waste, including from rats attracted by stacks of bin bags on residential streets.
A similar result will certainly come from cutting $12 billion from state health service grants.
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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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