Meaning of good | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a person or an animal:
2. Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
3. Of a black person, dead or killed.
   Internet, dialectal, ethnic, not-comparable, offensive, slur
4. Competent or talented.
5. fine
6. Well.
7. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
8. okay; fine
9. Practically; nearly: as good as new.
10. Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
11. well; a short pause in a sentence
12. Informal Used as an intensive: The pipe started to leak but good.
    Informal
13. Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
    US
14. expression used when answering the phone, often with the pronunciation /bweˈno/, rather than /ˈbweno/
15. Permanently; forever: I'm moving to Europe for good.
16. Accepting of, OK with
    colloquial
17. Informal Very; thoroughly: I'll do it when I'm good and ready.
    Informal
18. Of high rank or birth.
    archaic
19. an expression of approval, gladness etc. genugtig تَعبير استِحْسان съгласие muito bem dobrá! gut! godt!; fint! ωραία! (επιφ.) bueno, bien hästi! خوبه hyvä bien! bon! לְמַעַן הַשֵם! स्वीकृति या हर्ष की अभिव्यक्ति dobro! jó! bagus! gott! bene よろしい 좋았어 gerai! labi! bagus goed, primagodt!; flott! Dobrze! ښه والى muito bem bun!, bine! хорошо dobre! dobro! dobro je bra!, fint! น่าพอใจ İyi!; Güzel!; Pekâlâ 好！ добре رضامندی یا خوشی ظاہر کرنے کی تعبیر đồng tình 好！
    etc
20. Of a capability:
21. Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
22. the state of being good. goedheid, vriendelikheid خَيْر، جَوْدَه доброта bondade dobrota die Güte godhed καλοσύνηbondad headus خوب بودن hyvyys bonté अच्छे होने की स्थिति dobrota jóság kebaikan góðmennska, gæska bontà 善良さ 좋은 상태 gerumas labestība kesejahteraan goedheidgodhetdobro ښه والى bondade bună­tate доброта dobrota dobrota dobrota godhet ความดีงาม iyilik, güzellik 正直良善 доброта اچھا ہونے کی کیفیت lòng tốt 善良
23. Effective.
24. (also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc. genugtig, gats يا الله! изненада santo Deus! můj bože du meine Güte! ih du milde! Θεέ μου! (επιφ.) ¡Dios mío! heldeke! وای hyvänen aika mon Dieu! אֲנִי לא מַאֲמִין! आश्चर्य की अभिव्यक्ति pa dobro! te jó isten! ya, ampun! hamingjan sanna santo Cielo!, buon Dio! おやまあ 저런, 어렵쇼 vajetau! ak, Dievs! alamak lieve hemel gode Gud!; for Guds skyld!; gudskjelov! Mój Boże! وای santo Deus! O, Doamne! боже мой!, вот те на! preboha!, panebože! moj bog! zaboga...
    also
25. Real; actual; serious.
    obsolete
26. (usually in plural) any food (eg cake, ice-cream) which is particularly enjoyable to eat. the goodies at a children's party. lekkergoed حَلْوى сладкиш guloseima dobroty, pochoutka die Süßigkeiten (pl.) godte; lækkeri λιχουδιάgolosinas, chucherías maiustus خوراکی دلچسب herkku gâteries “דְבָרִים טוֹבִים” केक इत्यादि खाने की चीज poslastica édesség makanan góðgæti ghiottoneria ごちそう 맛있는 음식 skanėstas našķis kudap-kudapan lekkernij, zoetigheid, snoep łakoć خوږه، شيرينې: ښه ښځه په زړه پورې ماينه gulo...
    usually in plural
27. Of a property or quality:
28. Of food:
29. Having a particularly pleasant taste.
30. an expression used when leaving someone. Goodbye – it was good of you to visit us; sad goodbyes. tot siens إلى اللقاء довиждане adeus na shledanou Auf Wiedersehen, das Lebewohl farvel αντίο!adiós nägemist خدانگهدار näkemiin au revoir, adieuשלום अलविदा zbogom, doviđenja Isten vele(d)!, viszontlátásra! selamat berpisah vertu sæll arrivederci; addio さようなら 안녕히 계십시오 sudie uz redzēšanos! sveiki! ardievas selamat tinggal dag, tot ziens; afscheidadjø, farvel, på gjensyn Do widzenia!, pożegnanie خدای ...
31. Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
32. Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
33. Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
34. True, valid, of explanatory strength.
35. Right, proper, as it should be.
36. Healthful.
37. Pleasant; enjoyable.
38. Favorable.
39. Unblemished; honourable.
40. Beneficial; worthwhile.
41. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
42. Very, extremely. See good and.
    colloquial
43. Ready.
    colloquial
44. Holy (especially when capitalized) .
45. Of a quantity:
46. Reasonable in amount.
47. Large in amount or size.
48. Full; entire; at least as much as.
49. Special, best, favorite.

Equivalents

Examples

“good intentions”

“c. 1525, The Example of Euyll Tongues, page a3 rectoː Yf ony man wolde begynne his synnes to reny / Or ony good people that fro vyce dyde refrayne / What so euer he were that to vertue wolde applye / But an yll tonge wyll all ouer throwe agayne If any man would begin to renounce his sins, / Or any good people who refrained from vice, / Whatsoever he who wished to apply himself to virtue might be, / Still an ill tongue would overthrow it all again.”

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

“a good swimmer”

“Flatter him it may, I confess, (as those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else,) but in the meantime the poor man is left under the fatal necessity of a needless delusion”

“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”

“And Marsha says I am a good cook!”

“Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.”

“Be good while your mother and I are out.”

“Were you a good boy for the babysitter?”

“Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good.”

“[Are] you good? — Yeah, I'm fine.”

“Gimme another beer! — I think you're good.”

“My mother said she's good with me being alone with my date as long as she's met them first.”

“The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else?”

“Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye:”

“it’s a good watch;  the flashlight batteries are still good”

“1526, Herballː Against cough and scarceness of breath caused of cold take the drink that it hath been sodden in with Liquorice[,] or that the powder hath been sodden in with dry figs[,] for the same the electuary called dyacalamentum is good[,] and it is made thus.”

“Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.”

“a good worker”

“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.”

“in good sooth”

“Love no man in good earnest.”

“The food was very good.”

“Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.”

“The bread is still good.”

“This coupon is good for a free doughnut.”

“This theory still holds good even if much higher temperatures are assumed.”

“Twinnia biclavata differs from T. nova by inversion IS-1 and a nucleolar shift. Both are good species.”

“It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone, / In all this welthly wyn;”

It is not good to be alone / to walk here in this noble dwelling-place / in all this rich delight.

“If all was good and fair we met, ⁠This earth had been the Paradise ⁠It never look’d to human eyes Since Adam left his garden yet.”

“Exercise and a varied diet are good for you.”

“We had a good time.”

“a good omen;  good weather”

“Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.”

“a person's good name”

“a good job”

“[I]f thou ask me why, / Sufficeth my reaſons are both good and waighty.”

“The soup is good and hot.”

“I'm good when you are.”

“The reports are good to go.”

“Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book”

“all in good time”

“a good while longer”

“a good number of seeds”

“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.”

“The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,[…].”

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

“The car was a good ten miles away.”

“Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.”

“No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions.”

“Shoot! A tear. And these are my good jeans.”

“Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story.”

“Sow Sheeboon Savannah Jeanne Walker of Louisville, KY was made good in a shooting at cRap show called 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Saturday night at the Tim Faulkner Art Gallery. 5 other niggers were shot and are expected to survive. No suspooks have been captured.”

“The usual nigger nonsense from da fambly. He beez a good daddy to his keeids (I wonder how many more keeids this useless nigger has that the media didn't tell us about.) He wuz juss mindin' his own bidness when da popo got in da way. He din do nuffins. The BLM niggers and their lovers will be chimping out for sure. LEO's already have a tough job as it is, dealing with niggers has to be the worst part of the job. I'm glad that coon was made good.”

“Bolsheviks have got to be in heat over this, a nigger with well over 40 arrests including violent assault is properly made good for threatening people on the subway, will the law abiding law defending hero be thrown under the bus to appease blacks [again]?”

CEFR level