Meaning

5 senses

  1. (uncountable)The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

    das Gute

    добро́dobró

    добро́dobró

  2. (countable)A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

    толкtolk, прокprok

  3. (uncountable)The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

    The best is the enemy of the good.

    He is an influence for good on those girls.

  4. (countable, usually plural)An item of merchandise.

    Gut

  5. (countable, usually plural)An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).

More definitions
  • moral excellence or admirableness
  • that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
  • benefit
  • a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes

Examples

44424 sentences

  1. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL

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  2. 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

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  3. Your pen is better than mine.

    Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя. — deniko

    ruТвоя ручка лучше моей. — afyodor

    deDein Stift ist besser als meiner. — Fingerhut

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  4. 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

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  5. 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

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the forces of good:
Русский
By meaning 2
the forces of good:
good result:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the forces of good:
item of merchandise:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, b

Inherited 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”). Compare German Gut (“item of merchandise; estate; property”).

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Forms

plural: goods
Singulargood
Pluralgoods

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • moral excellence or admirableness:goodness
  • that which is pleasing or valuable or useful:goodness
  • a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes:commoditytrade good

Antonyms

2 antonyms
badA1evilB2

Word family

5 related words
Derivedconsumption goodgoods-to-persongoods-to-pickerpicker-to-goodsproducers' good

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

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 dictionary
gonggonnagoogoodbyegoodnessB1
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