health

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The general condition of a person's body and mind.

   My health has been excellent since I started exercising.

2. 2
   noun

   The state of being free from illness or injury.

   Eating well is important for good health.

3. 3
   noun

   The overall condition or strength of something such as a business or system.

   The directors are worried about the financial health of the company.

Common collocations

• good health Adjective + noun
• mental health Adjective + noun
• poor health Adjective + noun
• improve health Verb + noun
• public health Adjective + noun
• damage health Verb + noun
• maintain health Verb + noun
• protect health Verb + noun
• health inspector Adjective + noun

Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

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