well-being

[ wel-bee-ing ]
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noun
  1. a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.

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Origin of well-being

1
First recorded in 1605–15

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How to use well-being in a sentence

  • Generally at such times she did not think of anything, but lay immersed in an inarticulate well-being.

    Summer | Edith Wharton
  • Anyway, he was not going to offer material resistance to something which was concerned with the well being of Helen Ervin.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • It also greatly disturbed the internal unity of the Church, and that in a manner peculiarly prejudicial to its well-being.

    The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
  • Dear reader, your future well-being in all time to come, depends upon your rightly understanding these seven subjects.

  • The sun was deliciously hot; its rays struck through to the skin, and seemed to pour in life and well-being.

British Dictionary definitions for wellbeing

wellbeing

/ (ˈwɛlˈbiːɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the condition of being contented, healthy, or successful; welfare

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