welfare

//ˈwɛlˌfɛə//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for welfare

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Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: welfares

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): welfare
past (v2): welfared
past participle (v3): welfared
present participle: welfaring
3rd person singular: welfares

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
2.Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".(informal)

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To provide with welfare or aid.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2352

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)).

Equivalent to well + fare.

Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)).

The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.