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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
Since 2008, the Australian government's Closing the Gap strategy has sought to reduce levels of Indigenous disadvantage through the annual tracking of 18 key measures in areas such as health and education.
From hospitals and care homes to food and water supplies, this could leave the UK vulnerable to serious economic and health impacts in the decades ahead, the CCC warns.
Same-day mental health support without the need for a referral is the aim of a new strategy after calls to an urgent hotline doubled in a year.
A 29-year-old doctor from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a "game-changing" test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years.
As a result, libraries, nonurgent health clinics and parks are closed.
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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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