good
//ˈɡʊd//
informalForms
- Comparative
- better
- Superlative
- best
- Comparative
- better
- Superlative
- best
- Plural
- goods
Definitions
1.Of a person or an animal:
- And Marsha says I am a good cook!
- Were you a good boy for the babysitter?
- Be good while your mother and I are out.
2.Of a capability:
- Love no man in good earnest.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
3.Of a property or quality:
- This coupon is good for a free doughnut.
- Exercise and a varied diet are good for you.
- Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.
4.Very, extremely. See good and.(colloquial)
- The soup is good and hot.
1.Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.(informal)
- "They're travellin' good now. We'll leave them be."
- This recipe calls for a good-sized chunk of chocolate.
- Admiral Anderson: You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you.
1.The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
2.A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
1.That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
- Good! I can leave now.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #93
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Very common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”).
Related to gather and together, but not to god/God.