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well-being en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /wɛlˈbiː.ɪŋ/
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Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A state of health, happiness or prosperity.
   • Most foreigners who have heard of Bhutan know two things: the country charges international visitors a $100/day sustainable development fee (aka tourist tax), and that it is the birthplace of the Gross National Happiness Index, a system intended to look after the well-being of citizens and the environment. 2024 July 4, Lilit Marcus, “This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?”, in CNN:
   • Other pursuits and avocations of life, far less intimately connected with the comfort and well-beings of humanity, seem by their own spontaniety to be more and more flowing into utilitarian channels. 1864, J. Taft, “The Demands of the Age Upon Our Profession”, in The Dental Register of the West, volume 8, number 9, page 381:
   • which concernes our whole three Kingdomes, Parliaments, Religion, and every one of our well-beings, in this preſent world 1643, William Prynne, The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes, Divided Into Fovre Parts Together with an Appendix, Part 1:

Forms

Antonyms

ill-being

Synonyms

weal · wellness

Translations (79)

sh dȍbrobīt (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · tr dirlik (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ka კეთილდღეობა (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · tr gönenç (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · id kesejahteraan (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sk blahobyt (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · eo bonstato bonfaro (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ast bienestar (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ota عمارت (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · pl dobrobyt (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ro prosperitate (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · bg благополу́чие (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · da velbefindende (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · cmn 福祉 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · el ευζωία (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · uk благополу́ччя (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · be даста́так (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ca benestar (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · lb Wuel (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sh до̏бробӣт (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ru доста́ток (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ml ക്ഷേമം (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · pdt Wool (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · de Wohlbefinden (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ko 복리 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ru благосостоя́ние (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · uk благоде́нство (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · uk добро́бут (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ms kesejahteraan (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · bg благоде́нствие (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · de Wohl (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · it benessere (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · tr sağlık (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · nn velferd (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · rsk добробут (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sv välmående (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · fa-ira بِهْبود (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · be дабрабы́т (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · es bienestar (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ro sănătate (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · br hevoud (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · uk доста́ток (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sa स्वस्ति (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · el καλοπέραση (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ko 복지 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · nn velvære (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ko 웰빙 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · mk благосостојба (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · nb velvære (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sl lagodje (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · cmn 福利 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ga folláine (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · fi hyvinvointi (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · pt bem-estar (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · fr bien-être (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · nb velferd (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ja 福利 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · cs blahobyt (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ja ウェルビーイング (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · hi कल्याण (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ml സൗഖ്യം (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ru благополу́чие (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · bg благосъстояние (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · gl benestar (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · sv välbefinnande (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ro bunăstare (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · akk 𒁲 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · tr erinç (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ca benanança (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · da velvære (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ar رَفَاهِيَة (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ota عمران (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · hu jólét (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · lv labklājība (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ja 福祉 (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · hy բարօրություն (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ht byennèt (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · ru благоде́нствие (state of health, happiness or prosperity) · nl welzijn (state of health, happiness or prosperity)