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US
/ˈɡʊd, ɡɪd/
]
[ UK /ɡˈʊd/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈʊd/ ]
NOUN
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that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization
weigh the good against the bad -
benefit
what's the good of worrying?
for your own good - articles of commerce
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moral excellence or admirableness
there is much good to be found in people
ADVERB
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completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
we beat him good
he was soundly defeated -
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
the party went well
a well-planned party
a task well done
the baby can walk pretty good
the children behaved well
a well-seasoned dish
a well-argued thesis
he slept well
ADJECTIVE
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not left to spoil
the meat is still good -
of moral excellence
a just cause
a genuinely good person
an upright and respectable man -
having the normally expected amount
gives full measure
gives good measure
a good mile from here -
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
a good joke
when she was good she was very very good
a good check
good news from the hospital
a good dress for the office
a good secretary
a good knife is one good for cutting
this stump will make a good picnic table
a good report card
a good exterior paint -
generally admired
good taste -
agreeable or pleasing
we all had a good time
good manners -
not forged
a good dollar bill -
in excellent physical condition
good teeth
a sound mind in a sound body
I still have one good leg -
appealing to the mind
good music
a serious book -
capable of pleasing
good looks -
with or in a close or intimate relationship
a good friend
my sisters and brothers are near and dear -
resulting favorably
all's well that ends well
it is well that no one saw you
it is good that you stayed
it's a good thing that I wasn't there -
promoting or enhancing well-being
the experience was good for her
the beneficial effects of a temperate climate
an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries - morally admirable
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tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
the salutary influence of pure air
a good night's sleep
beneficial effects of a balanced diet -
financially safe
a good investment
a secure investment -
exerting force or influence
the law is already in effect (or in force)
a warranty good for two years
the law is effective immediately -
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
a practiced marksman
an expert job
a good mechanic
a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
an adept juggler
a proficient engineer
the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
adept in handicrafts -
most suitable or right for a particular purpose
the right time to act
a good time to plant tomatoes
the time is ripe for great sociological changes -
thorough
gave the house a good cleaning
had a good workout -
deserving of esteem and respect
all respectable companies give guarantees
ruined the family's good name
How To Use good In A Sentence
- It's good to have a cry sometimes.
- Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
- Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
- This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
- You just can't let a little thing like his being already dead get in the way of a good, irrational hatful desire to kill! Tom Cruise is a LOT OLDER than I thought
- But yes, good of Prof. Adler, who I hope will be a little chary of Althousian pseudoreality in future. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School
- She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- There is so much to enjoy here that it is a pity that a good deal of the information imparted is demonstrably wrong. The Times Literary Supplement
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
