Wealth
[welθ] or [wɛlθ]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of profuse abundance; 'she has a wealth of talent'.
(noun.) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value.
(noun.) an abundance of material possessions and resources.
(noun.) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; 'great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence'.
Editor: Percival--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.
(n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Affluence, opulence, abundance, fortune, independence, competence, riches, mammon, pelf, money, treasure, funds, cash, property, easy circumstances, ample store, ample means.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Influence, riches, mammon, lucre, plenty, affluence, abundance, opulence
ANT:Indigence, poverty, scarcity, impecuniosity
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Definition
n. large possessions of any kind: riches.—adv. Wealth′ily.—n. Wealth′iness.—adj. Wealth′y rich: prosperous: well-fed.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are possessed of much wealth, foretells that you will energetically nerve yourself to meet the problems of life with that force which compells success. To see others wealthy, foretells that you will have friends who will come to your rescue in perilous times. For a young woman to dream that she is associated with wealthy people, denotes that she will have high aspirations and will manage to enlist some one who is able to further them.
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Examples
- To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His father was Sillerton Jackson's uncle, his mother a Pennilow of Boston; on each side there was wealth and position, and mutual suitability. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- From him the poor may learn to acquire wealth, and the rich to adapt it to the purposes of beneficence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Love, and her child, Hope, which can bestow wealth on poverty, strength on the weak, and happiness on the sorrowing. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Before that time Spain had always been a poor country; it is a poor country to-day, almost its only wealth lies in its mines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A wealth of evidence could be adduced to support this from the studies of dreams and fantasies made by the Freudian school of psychologists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The self-deceptions of wealth, power, and prominence wear thin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky coronets and ciphers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Books with their wealth of entertainment and information would be sealed to a large part of mankind, if glasses did not assist weak eyes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He smiled, I must make on Miss Barkley the impression of a man of sufficient wealth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have health, wealth, and youth; but I feel the stings of the rod all the same. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony or a greater wealth of humour or imagery, or more dramatic power. Plato. The Republic.
- Perhaps the Modern Period with its flexibility, sense of change, and desire for self-direction is a liberation due to the great surplus of wealth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Water power is as great a source of wealth as a coal bed or a gold mine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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