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- [meyk goo d]
- /meɪk gʊd/
- /meɪk ɡʊd/
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- [meyk goo d]
- /meɪk gʊd/
Definitions of make good words
- adjective make good morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man. 1
- adjective make good satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health. 1
- adjective make good of high quality; excellent. 1
- adjective make good right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good. 1
- adjective make good well-behaved: a good child. 1
- adjective make good kind, beneficent, or friendly: to do a good deed. 1
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Origin of make good
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (adj., adv., and noun); Old English gōd (adj.); cognate with Dutch goed, German gut, Old Norse gōthr, Gothic goths
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Parts of speech for Make good
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
make good popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
make good usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for make good
verb make good
- prosper — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- score — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
Antonyms for make good
verb make good
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
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