well-being
well-being
Definition
well·-being (wel′bē′iŋ)
noun
the state of being well, happy, or prosperous; welfare
well-being
Synonyms
well-being
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- humankind: Nor do we wish to encourage narrow partisanship about an issue which so clearly affects the well-being of all humankind.
- mankind: You should win the Nobel Prize of Peace, for your contribution to the well-being of mankind!
- resident: The Tribunal formed the opinion that there was a serious risk to the well-being of the residents in Hillside Manor.
- child: The well-being of children requires political action at the highest level.
- nation: Our actions should take account of the well-being of other nations, other species, and future generations.
- citizen: It is a document setting out a local program for improving the well-being of the citizens of Welwyn Hatfield.
Converse of object
- promote: Local Cultural Strategy The Local Cultural Strategy sets out the council's plans to promote the cultural well-being of Slough.
- safeguard: The review's aim is to develop a workforce that can deliver personalized, user-led services and safeguard the well-being of vulnerable people.
- endanger: Without your co-operation you may endanger the well-being and lives of others.
- improve: We believe this scheme will improve the overall well-being of nursing home residents in Wallasey.
- enhance: The National Institute for Mental Health in England is explicit about the benefits to the nation of working to enhance mental well-being.
- affect: However, thermal discomfort has been shown to affect the general well-being of people.
Adjective modifier
- emotional: They can even do a lot to help the emotional well-being of their pupils.
- psychological: Psychological well-being at work: is prevention better than cure?
- mental: We are a group of people who are dedicated to work for the mental well-being among Chinese people in UK.
- subjective: Money and subjective well-being: It's not the money, it's the motives.
- economic: Ideally, they are designed to measure the cost of attaining a given level of economic well-being.
- psychosocial: For example, a recent analysis of the socioeconomic patterning of women's health found that psychosocial well-being displayed the steepest socioeconomic gradient.
Modifies a noun
- indicator: Mental Health Indicators Project, project investigating the establishment of a core set of national mental health and well-being indicators for Scotland.
Noun used with modifier
- employe: All aspects of health are interrelated and interdependent, and there needed to be a broader and more holistic approach to employe well-being.
well-being Quotes
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's ownöeven more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well- being.
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