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say it: guud
good is an adjective, noun and adverb meaning "having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified". It is pronounced /ˈɡʊd/ — guud. It carries 27 recorded senses.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
“good news from the hospital”
“a good report card”
“when she was good she was very very good”
“a good knife is one good for cutting”
“this stump will make a good picnic table”
“a good check”
“a good joke”
“a good exterior paint”
“a good secretary”
“a good dress for the office”
morally admirable
deserving of esteem and respect
“all respectable companies give guarantees”
“ruined the family's good name”
promoting or enhancing well-being
“an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries”
“the beneficial effects of a temperate climate”
“the experience was good for her”
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
“adept in handicrafts”
“an adept juggler”
“an expert job”
“a good mechanic”
“a practiced marksman”
“a proficient engineer”
“a lesser-known but no less skillful composer”
“the effect was achieved by skillful retouching”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
“weigh the good against the bad”
“among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization”
articles of commerce
(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')
“the children behaved well”
“a task well done”
“the party went well”
“he slept well”
“a well-argued thesis”
“a well-seasoned dish”
“a well-planned party”
“the baby can walk pretty good”
combining form
completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
“he was soundly defeated”
“we beat him good”
colloquialism
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for good come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.