I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worthy opponent (= one who deserves respect )
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The Democratic Senator has shown himself to be a worthy opponent.
a worthy successor (= someone who is good and deserves to be someone's successor )
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He is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business.
a worthy/deserving cause (= a good cause )
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The Red Cross is a very worthy cause.
be worthy of mention (= deserve to be talked about )
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This book is particularly worthy of mention for the clarity of its writing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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But there was no doubt that it was Rangers who deserved to emerge from this memorable encounter as worthy victors.
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Often, the columnists give criteria to sellers for appraising the buyer as worthy .
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And surely the cenotaph itself is as worthy a target as Churchill.
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How do I know you are as worthy as he?
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Local sporting traditions were ignored in favour of a handful of sports which were singled out as worthy of national broadcasting.
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It was, after all, an advance to see pottery as worthy of study and publication.
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No one but a native would consider such details, uninformative to the outsider, as worthy of note.
more
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The pair have been at loggerheads over which of them was more worthy of the player of the century accolade.
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Others, however, thought that there were other health problems more worthy of their attention.
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I mean, wouldn't a nice tortoise be a more worthy beneficiary than the reptilian Jamie?
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Find a more worthy group we did not.
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Could I in fact have chosen in a manner more worthy of my dignity as a rational agent?
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Such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff more worthy of the Académie Française, but it matters.
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So much more worthy an impulse for taking an interest in a competition than patriotism.
most
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Of them all Claythorpe watermill is the one most worthy of exploration.
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Richard Lamm or billionaire Ross Perot would make the most worthy presidential candidate.
very
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Social reform was very worthy , of course, but I confess I'd rather hear about the battles.
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If they're going to carry the banner, they're very worthy .
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His 78 was a very worthy contribution.
■ NOUN
cause
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Membership of these and other worthy causes mean that our countryside is not lost to over development.
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Except all these worthy causes will be lucky to see half that $ 40 million.
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Any spare cash he preferred to donate to more worthy causes .
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She hoped that she did not appear to others like a worthy cause .
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Certainly we're called on to make a large number of personal appearances, frequently for worthy causes .
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The same logic extends easily to all sorts of other apparently worthy causes .
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Would you please consider donating to this worthy cause .
goal
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This is a worthy goal , but it should have nothing to do with the famine.
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Such a fund would put more control in the hands of managers-a worthy goal in itself.
opponent
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Belfast proved worthy opponents , attacking tenaciously and not giving at the back.
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The 49ers want to validate their 7-1 first-half record with a victory over a worthy opponent .
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An Orc's life is therefore spent in constant battle either with his fellow Orcs or against some worthy opponent .
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Roper, who is as sharp with a put-down as he is with a knockdown, has run out of worthy opponents .
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Thus, we respect a worthy opponent in the sense that we are alert to his strength.
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Hilary, he's not a worthy opponent .
successor
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A worthy successor has emerged with the Annual Gala, raising funds to help village projects and renovations.
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Bob Stevenson has been a worthy successor to Methodist leaders who stamped their personalities on the county.
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He has proved a worthy successor to them.
winner
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The tourists came here principally to win the Test series and they proved to be worthy winners .
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But by then Leeds were worthy winners .
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It was a good goal; a worthy winner .
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Elizabeth Dole and Wendy Lee Gramm would each have been worthy winners .
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This time the hat-trick chance was taken and Sandrock emerged worthy winners .
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Lion Cavern came from last in a slowly-run race and displayed commendable resolution to emerge a narrow but worthy winner .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
worthy/deserving of note
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Three Latin American novels are especially worthy of note .
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A number of measures of lesser importance but worthy of note were passed during Pinay Cuevas' ministership.
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But the miners' sense of anger at the prolonged destruction of their industry is also worthy of note .
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Finally, one general feature of the framework of this subsection is worthy of note , in order to facilitate comparisons between models.
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If this loyalty is stretched over a period of 28 years, it is certainly worthy of note !
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Other strategies are worthy of note .
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Our request for bagels worthy of note drew more than 500 responses.
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Secondly, the ancestors of Doctor Who are worthy of note , especially considering the nature of the show.
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This service is superb and worthy of note in your magazine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brodkey's book is worthy bedtime reading.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But his matchwinner ten minutes from time was worthy of any international striker.
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His manual was a contribution to that worthy objective.
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Other strategies are worthy of note.
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Roper, who is as sharp with a put-down as he is with a knockdown, has run out of worthy opponents.
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To me, this would seem to be a worthy object of the game.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Rutledge definitely has a place among other American worthies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He sold it to worthies around the hills.