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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English good, 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”), Albanian dial. hut (“good, fit, appropriate”), Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “pleasing time”) and годенъ (godenŭ, “fitting, suitable”), Sanskrit गद्य (gádhya, “fitting, suitable”). Related to gather.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • g’d (poetic contraction)

Adjective[edit]

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.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from good
Translations[edit]
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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Interjection[edit]

good

  1. That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
    Good! I can leave now.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English goode (“good, well”, adv), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adv), German gut (“good, well”, adv), Danish godt (“good, well”, adv), Swedish godt (“good, well”, adv), all from the adjective.

Adverb[edit]

good (comparative better, superlative best)

  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.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdą (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰodʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).

Noun[edit]

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
    The best is the enemy of the good.
  4. (countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
Antonyms[edit]
  • (forces of good): bad, evil
  • (positive result): bad
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the forces of good
good result

Etymology 4[edit]

From Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdōną (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favourable”).

Verb[edit]

good (third-person singular simple present goods, present participle gooding, simple past and past participle gooded)

  1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
  2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
  3. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
  4. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
  5. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
  6. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
  7. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above.

Verb[edit]

good (third-person singular simple present goods, present participle gooding, simple past and past participle gooded)

  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
Derived terms[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Limburgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *gōdaz. Related to English good. Not related to gód.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [ʝoː˦d], [ʝoː˦t]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. good

Inflection[edit]

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.

Low German[edit]

Adjective[edit]

good

  1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) Alternative form of goot.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

good (comparative beter, superlative beste)

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