good

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: go͝od, IPA: /ɡʊd/, SAMPA: /gUd/
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  Rhymes: -ʊd

[edit] Etymology

Middle English < Old English gōd < Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, *gothaz < Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“‘to unite, be associated, be suitable’”).

[edit] Adjective

good (comparative better, superlative best)

1. Acting in the interest of good; ethical.

   good intentions

   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Oscar Wilde

     When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.

2. Useful for a particular purpose (it’s a good watch).
3. Of food, edible; not stale or rotten.

   still good

4. Of food, having a particularly pleasant taste.
5. Of food, healthful; full of vitamins and minerals.

   good for you

6. Pleasant; enjoyable.

   a good time

7. Of people, competent or talented.

   a good swimmer

8. Effective.

   a good worker

9. Favourable.

   a good omen

   good weather

10. Beneficial; worthwhile.

    a good job

11. (colloquial) With "and", extremely. (The soup is good and hot.)
12. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Goody-goody; lacking in spirit or personality.
13. (especially when capitalized) Holy.
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

    For the better part of one hundred years, this was the home of Cook County Hospital.

16. Entire.

    This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.

    The car was a good ten miles away.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Synonyms

• well
• exceptional
• superb
• not bad
• alright
• satisfactory
• decent

[edit] Antonyms

• (acting in the interest of good): bad, evil
• poor

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

good

1. (nonstandard) Well.
   • 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

[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

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