good
Well; satisfactorily or thoroughlyWell; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
Recorded UK: Association Shtooka, Judith Franck, CC BY 3.0 US, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Wikimedia Commons contributor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» Your bike is better than mine.
Dein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL
Ihr Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL
Твой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin
Твой велосипед лучше моего. — sonick_rnd
Твой велосипед лучше, чем мой. — Olya
Ваш велосипед лучше, чем мой. — Olya
Ваш велосипед лучше моего. — Selena777
Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal, proscribed, sometimes)Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.
The boy done good.
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’)
Examples
44424 sentencesYour bike is better than mine.
Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko
ruТвой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin
deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL
Your plan seems better than mine.
Твій план здається кращим за мій. — deniko
ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего. — vilnat
deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein. — MUIRIEL
Your pen is better than mine.
Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя. — deniko
ruТвоя ручка лучше моей. — afyodor
deDein Stift ist besser als meiner. — Fingerhut
You and I are good friends.
Ми з тобою добрі друзі. — deniko
ruТы и я - хорошие друзья. — Lenin_1917
deDu und ich sind gute Freunde. — mauersegler
All of you did good work.
Ви всі чудово попрацювали. — deniko
ruВы все сделали хорошую работу. — Hellerick
deJeder von euch hat gute Arbeit geleistet. — al_ex_an_der
Origin
Inherited from Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare DuInherited from Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adverb), German gut (“good, well”, adverb), Danish godt (“good, well”, adverb), Swedish gott (“good, well”, adverb), all from the adjective.
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Forms
better, bestSynonyms
3 synonyms- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’):well
- completely and absolutely (‘good’ is sometimes used informally for ‘thoroughly’):thoroughlysoundly
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B1Prepositions that differ from Ukrainian and Russian — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
12 patterns- better better
- better better than
- best best
- the best best
- is a good
- a very good
- be better better
- a good idea
- have a good
- a better better
- much better better
- good idea
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.