good
To thrive; fatten; prosper; improveTo thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
» Your bike is better than mine.
Dein Fahrrad ist besser als meins.
Ihr Fahrrad ist besser als meins.
Твой велик лучше моего.
Твой велосипед лучше моего.
Твой велосипед лучше, чем мой.
Ваш велосипед лучше, чем мой.
Ваш велосипед лучше моего.
Твій велосипед кращий за мій.
Meaning
8 senses(dialectal, intransitive)To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
(dialectal, transitive)To make good; turn to good; improve.
(dialectal, intransitive)To make improvements or repairs.
(dialectal, intransitive)To benefit; gain.
(dialectal, transitive)To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
(dialectal, transitive)To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
(dialectal, reflexive)To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
(Scotland, dialectal, transitive)To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
Examples
44424 sentencesYour bike is better than mine.
Твій велосипед кращий за мій.
ruТвой велик лучше моего.
deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins.
Your plan seems better than mine.
Твій план здається кращим за мій.
ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего.
deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein.
Your pen is better than mine.
Твоя ручка краща, ніж моя.
ruТвоя ручка лучше моей.
deDein Stift ist besser als meiner.
You and I are good friends.
Ми з тобою добрі друзі.
ruТы и я - хорошие друзья.
deDu und ich sind gute Freunde.
All of you did good work.
Ви всі чудово попрацювали.
ruВы все сделали хорошую работу.
deJeder von euch hat gute Arbeit geleistet.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get betInherited from Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdōn (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, favorable”).
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.
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Forms
goods, gooding, gooded, goodedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Prepositions that differ from Ukrainian and Russian — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past 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