Word a Day
welfare
What does welfare mean?
welfare (noun): health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce welfare?
/ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “welfare” mean?
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Not quite: that's what cell means.
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Not quite: that's what climate means.
health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect
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a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
Not quite: that's what store means.
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