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health

[ helth ]

noun

  1. the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:

    good health;

    poor health.

  2. soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment:

    to have one's health;

    to lose one's health.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. 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.

  4. vigor; vitality:

    economic health.



health

/ ɛθ /

noun

  1. the state of being bodily and mentally vigorous and free from disease
  2. the general condition of body and mind

    in poor health

  3. the condition of any unit, society, etc

    the economic health of a nation

  4. a toast to a person, wishing him or her good health, happiness, etc
  5. modifier of or relating to food or other goods reputed to be beneficial to the health

    health food

    a health store

  6. modifier of or relating to health, esp to the administration of health

    a health committee

    health service

    health resort

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interjection

  1. an exclamation wishing someone good health as part of a toast (in the phrases your health, good health, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • 𲹱ٳw adjective adverb
  • ܲ·𲹱ٳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of health1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English helthe, Old English ǣٳ; hale 1, whole, -th 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of health1

Old English ǣٳ; related to hale 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see clean bill of health .
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Example Sentences

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Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate — and on her mind.

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"I immediately knew what the impact was," Nichols, a Boston University associate professor of global health and infectious disease mathematical modeller, told Salon in a video call.

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Measles has been confirmed in a Los Angeles County resident who recently returned from Texas, a state that is in the midst of an outbreak of the highly infectious disease, health officials said Friday.

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They argued that he carried out Mr Thompson's murder "to amplify an ideological message" and spark resistance to the health insurance industry.

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Pope Francis, the first ever Latin American pope, died on Monday aged 88, following a period of ill health that led to him spending five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.

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