Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous; welfare.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Well-conditioned existence: good mode of being; moral or physical welfare; a state of life which secures or tends toward happiness. Sometimes written wellbeing.
Wiktionary
- n. a state of health, happiness and/or prosperity
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
- n. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
Examples
“˜well-being™ is an otiose notion in ethics is that he himself seems to have a view on what well-being is.”
“The biggest mistake I see parents making is that they want their children to love them, but the price they're paying is the long-term well-being of their children.”
The Huffington Post: Bridget Nielsen: 5 Ways to Get Your Kids Eating Healthfully
“In nations where governments have become dysfunctional, the central operating systems of those governments refuse to place the needs of their people's long-term well-being ahead of the short-term realities and interests of the powers-that-be.”
The Huffington Post: Jack Myers: Change Agents: Cancer or Cure?
“Work and family balance policy recognizes the importance of quality child care to the long-term well-being of families.”
The Huffington Post: David Gray: Progress on Child Care Policy
“We consistently make personal and immediate sacrifices for our long-term well-being and the benefit of others.”
The Huffington Post: Troy Jackson: Jesus' Call: Move From Greed To Greatness
“Her back is throbbing and she is worried, not about her unborn baby, her daughter, or her own long-term well-being, or even her relationship with Kevin Davis.”
“We and our families need access to a range of responsive social services to address our health and human needs, and more and better community-based programs to support our long-term well-being.”
Simon & Schuster: Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
“Even if they result in weight loss, they work against long-term well-being and may actually do irreversible damage, especially as dieters keep trying new ones to counteract recurring weight gain.”
“After all, Qatar's long-term well-being rests on global gas consumption and the nation's ability to capture highly competitive markets.”
“Thus, even if rape victims choose not to report the attacks, prompt medical attention and psychological counseling can be critically important to their long-term well-being.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘well-being’.
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