welfare

«welfare» in Mova's school dictionary: the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (welfare, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Welfare is the health, happiness and safety of a person or animal. tree →

2) Welfare is help, often money, that the government gives to people who need it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, teachers, carers and doctors look after children's welfare. Animal welfare means treating animals kindly and caring for their needs: food, water, shelter, health and freedom from fear. In social studies, welfare is how a country helps people who are poor, ill or old. Phrases: «animal welfare», «child welfare», «the welfare of», «on welfare» (US).

examples

• Teachers care about the welfare of every pupil. tree →
• Animal welfare means making sure animals are well looked after. tree →
• The RSPCA works for animal welfare. tree →
• Some families get welfare when a parent cannot work. tree →
• The coach is worried about the team's welfare in the heat. tree →
• A welfare officer helps students who have problems. tree →
• Do not think of me or of my position; think only of your own welfare. tree →

note

Uncountable: «welfare», not «a welfare». One l: «welfare», not «wellfare». «Farewell» is a different word (goodbye).

In the corpora

• "Receiving public assistance" (official US) means living on welfare: money the government gives to people who need help.
• "Entitlement reform" means cutting pensions and welfare (US).
• Hurting animals on purpose is cruelty; tell a trusted adult, who can report it to an animal welfare organisation.
• And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke?
• Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «welfare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.