Definition of "good" in Anglais

adjective

1. Of a person or an animal:

2. Of a capability:

3. Of a property or quality:

4. (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.

   • The soup is good and hot.

5. (colloquial) Ready.

   • I'm good when you are.
   • The reports are good to go.

6. Holy (especially when capitalized) .

   • Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book

7. Of a quantity:

8. (stressed form) Special, best, favorite.

   • No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions.
   • Shoot! A tear. And these are my good jeans.

interjection

1. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

   • Good! I can leave now.

adverb

1. (informal, sometimes proscribed) 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.
   • The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.

noun

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

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

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 in the plural) An item of merchandise.

verb

1. (intransitive, now) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

2. (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.

3. (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.

4. (intransitive) To benefit; gain.

5. (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

6. (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.