good

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[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative forms

  • g’d (poetic contraction)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English gōd (“good, virtuous, desirable, favorable, salutary, pleasant, valid, efficient, suitable, considerable, sufficiently great”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Cognate with Scots guid (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), Low German god (“good”), German gut (“good”), Danish and Swedish god (“good”), Icelandic góður (“good”), Lithuanian guõdas (“honor”), Old Church Slavonic  (godŭ, “pleasing time”), Sanskrit  (gádhya, “fitting, suitable”). Related to gather.

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[edit] Adjective

good (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
    good intentions
  2. Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
    It’s a good watch.
    The flashlight batteries are still good.
  3. Of food, edible; not stale or rotten.
    The bread is still good.
  4. Of food, having a particularly pleasant taste.
    The food was very good.
  5. Of food, being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
    Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.
  6. Healthful.
    Carrots are good for you.
    Walking is good for you.
  7. Pleasant; enjoyable.
    The music, dancing, and food were very good.
    We had a good time.
  8. Of people, competent or talented.
    a good swimmer
  9. Effective.
    a good worker
  10. Favourable.
    a good omen
    good weather
  11. Beneficial; worthwhile.
    a good job
  12. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
    The soup is good and hot.
  13. (especially when capitalized) Holy.
    Good Friday
  14. Reasonable in amount.
    all in good time
  15. Large in amount or size.
    A good part of his day was spent shopping.
    It will be a good while longer until he's done.
    He's had a good amount of troubles, he has.
    a good while longer
    a good amount of seeds
  16. Entire.
    This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.
    The car was a good ten miles away.

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Terms derived from good

[edit] Translations

acting in the interest of good; ethical (good intentions)
useful for a particular purpose (it’s a good watch)
of food, edible; not stale or rotten
of food, having a particularly pleasant taste
healthful
pleasant; enjoyable
of people, competent or talented
effective
favourable
beneficial; worthwhile
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[edit] Adverb

good

  1. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
    • 1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
      If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good. You're big enough to do it.
    • 2007 April 19, Jimmy Wales, “Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation”, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania [1]
      The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.

[edit] Noun

good (countable and uncountable; plural goods)

  1. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
  2. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
  3. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of something qualified by the adjective; e.g., "The best is the enemy of the good."
  4. (countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.

[edit] Antonyms

  • (forces of good): bad, evil
  • (positive result): bad

[edit] Translations

the forces of good
good result

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

Related to English good. Not related to gód.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʝoː˦d], [ʝoː˦t]

[edit] Adjective

good (comparative: baeter, superlative: bès, 't bès)

  1. good

[edit] Inflection

Masculine Feminine Neutral
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative gooje gooj gooj gooj good gooj
Genitive goods goojer goojer goojer goods goojer
Locative goojes gooje goojes gooje goojes gooje
Vocative² gooj gooj gooj gooj gooj gooj
Dative¹ gooje goojen goojer goojen good goojen
Accusative¹ gooje goojen good gooj good goojen

¹ Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
² Vocative only exists for about ten words.

[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

[edit] Adjective

good (comparative beter, superlative beste)

  1. good (of good quality)
  2. good (morally right)
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