good

/ɡʊd/ adj (better, best)

Definition

A1 enjoyable or nice: a good book Did you have a good time at the party?

A1 of a high quality: The food at this restaurant is very good.

A1 able to do something well: Anna is a good cook.

A1 kind or helpful: She’s a good friend.

A1 something you say when you are pleased about something: Oh good, he’s arrived at last.

A1 having a positive or useful effect: Fruit is good for you.

A1 informal something that you say when a person asks how you are or how someone you know is: ‘How are you, Emily?’ ‘I’m good, thanks!’

A2 A good child or animal behaves well.

A2 suitable or satisfactory: When would be a good time to call?

B1 morally right: a good person

(Definition of good adj from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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