wealth
part of speech
noun (wealth — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich. tree →
2) A wealth of something is a large amount of it: a wealth of information, a wealth of ideas. tree →
3) Wealth can also mean a great amount of good things in life, such as blessings, not just money. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, kings and merchants have great wealth; in social studies and history, wealth is how rich a person or country is. In maths word problems in formal voice, wealth is the total value owned. Phrases: great wealth, a wealth of, share the wealth, health and wealth.
examples
- The king had great wealth: gold, jewels and castles. tree →
- The library has a wealth of books about animals. tree →
- Some people believe health is more important than wealth. tree →
- The merchant built his wealth by trading spices. tree →
- The country's wealth comes from its oil. tree →
- Grandad has a wealth of stories about the old days. tree →
note
Uncountable: «much wealth», not «wealths». Adjective: wealthy (rich). «A wealth of» just means «lots of» — it is not about money. Opposite: poverty.
In the corpora
- The British Empire spread the English language and British laws, but it also took land and wealth and ruled people without their consent.
- The rich fool built bigger barns to store his wealth, but died that night.
- and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'
- Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
- For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wealth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.