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Well

Definition: Well

Well

Adjective

1. In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well".

2. Resulting favorably; "its a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well".

3. Wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early".

Adverb

1. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard; "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-planned party"; (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well' as in "the baby can walk pretty good").

2. Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; "The problem is well understood"; "she was well informed"; "shake well before using"; "in order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked"; "well-done beef", "well-satisfied customers"; "well-educated".

3. Indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us".

4. (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on".

5. To a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; "the project was well underway"; "the fetus has well developed organs"; "his father was well pleased with his grades".

6. Favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book".

7. To a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially".

8. With great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well.

9. With prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse".

10. : with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well".

11. : in a manner affording benefit or advantage; "she married well"; "The children were settled advantageously in Seattle".

12. : in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died".

13. : without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well".

Noun

1. A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine.

2. A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid.

3. An abundant source; "she was a well of information".

4. An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway).

5. An enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps.

Verb

1. Come up, as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "well" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Well

DomainDefinition

Bible

Well (Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. 'ain). A "beer" was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky surface by the art of man, which contained water which percolated through the strata in its sides. Such wells were those of Jacob and Beersheba, etc. (see Gen. 21:19, 25, 30, 31; 24:11; 26:15, 18-25, 32, etc.). In the Pentateuch this word beer, so rendered, occurs twenty-five times. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you are employed in a well, foretells that you will succumb to adversity through your misapplied energies. You will let strange elements direct your course.
To fall into a well, signifies that overwhelming despair will possess you. For one to cave in, promises that enemies' schemes will overthrow your own.
To see an empty well, denotes you will be robbed of fortune if you allow strangers to share your confidence.
To see one with a pump in it, shows you will have opportunities to advance your prospects.
To dream of an artesian well, foretells that your splendid resources will gain you admittance into the realms of knowledge and pleasure.
To draw water from a well, denotes the fulfilment of ardent desires. If the water is impure, there will be unpleasantness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Environment

A bored, drilled, or driven shaft, or a dug hole whose depth is greater than the largest surface dimension and whose purpose is to reach underground water supplies or oil, or to store or bury fluids below ground. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A space formed by a local lowering of the deck, such as the space between the ends of two water ballast tanks, or between the end of a doublebottom and a bulkhead. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

Test hole for exploring a possible structural trap. Source: European Union. (references)

Hydrologic

An artificial excavation put down by any method for the purposes of withdrawing water from the underground aquifers. A bored, drilled, or driven shaft, or a dug hole whose depth is greater than the largest surface dimension and whose purpose is to reach underground water supplies or oil, or to store or bury fluids below ground. (water). (references)

Industry

The space, running the whole width of the machine, between the front and back combs. In this space, the positioning of warp and pattern threads is effected by the guide bars. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A hole or well drilled or bored principally by mechanical means in order to explore geological conditions and/or to tap oil deposits. Source: European Union. (references)
 A. A borehole or shaft sunk into the ground for the following purposes: obtaining water, oil, gas, or mineral solutions from an underground source; introducing water, gas, or chemical reagent solutions under pressure into an underground formation; or removing the leachate from such an operation. See also:borehole mining b. A slot in the front of a hydraulic dredge hull in which the digging ladder pivots c. A hollow cylinder of reinforced concrete, steel, timber, or masonry built in a hole as a support for a bridge or building d. Commonly used as a syn. for borehole or drill hole, esp. by individuals associated with the petroleum-drilling industry e. A wall around a tree trunk that protects it from fill f. An artificial excavation (pit, hole, tunnel), generally cylindrical in form and commonly walled in, sunk (drilled, dug, driven, bored, or jetted) into the ground to such a depth as to penetrate water-yielding rock or soil and to allow the water to flow or to be pumped to the surface; a water well, originally applied to natural springs or pools, esp. mineral spas. See also:artesian well; deep well. g. The crucible of a furnace or a cavity in the lower part of some furnaces to receive falling metal. h. The small dark nonreflecting area in the center of a fashioned stone, esp. in a colorless diamond cut too thick. i. A vertical opening through the hull of a ship in which drill pipe or mining machinery is lowered to the seafloor, rather than being loweredover the side of the ship. Also called: moonpool. (references)

Science

A shaft or hole into the Earth to tap an underground supply of water. (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: Good, Well. Many intelligent persons carelessly use the adjective good in the sense of the adverb well; as, "I feel good to-day." "Did you sleep good last night?" "Does this coat look good enough to wear on the street?" "I can do it as good as he can." The frequent indulgence in such errors dulls the sense of taste and weakens the power of discrimination. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Well

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A well is an artificial boring in the earth through which water can be obtained.

Two classes may be distinguished: shallow or ordinary wells, sunk through a permeable stratum until an impermeable stratum is reached; or deep and artesian wells, the latter named from Artois in France, which are sunk through an impermeable stratum down into a water-bearing stratum which overlies an impermeable stratum.

Obviously ordinary wells can supply water very cheaply, but, since impurities readily reach them, there is great risk of contamination. The same does not apply to deep wells, such water being usually free from organic impurities. In ordinary wells, and in deep wells, the water requires pumping to the surface; in artesian wells, on the other hand, the water usually spouts up to a greater or less height above it.

See also: oil well

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Well."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Well

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

WELL

EnglishWhole Earth'Lectronic LinkPost & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Well

Synonyms: well(p) (adj), advantageously (adv), comfortably (adv), considerably (adv), easily (adv), good (adv), intimately (adv), substantially (adv), fountainhead (n), wellspring (n), swell (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: ill (adj), badly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Well

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Approbation

Adverb: with credit, to admiration; well; with three times three.

Assent

Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.

Cause

Spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead; fons et origo, genesis; descent; (paternity); remote cause; influence.

Depth

Hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell.

Egress

Exude, transude; leak, run through, out through; percolate, transcolate; egurgitate; strain, distill; perspire, sweat, drain, ooze; filter, filtrate; dribble, gush, spout, flow out; well, well out; pour, trickle; (water in motion); effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch; come forth, break forth; burst out, burst through; find vent; escape.

Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Gulf Lake

Lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir. (store); alberca, barachois, hog wallow.

Remedy

Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross.

River

Verb: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out. (egress).

Store

Noun: stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow.

Wealth

Adjective: wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much; well to do, well off; warm; comfortable, well, well provided for.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Well

English words defined with "well": artesian well, As well asbe well, bilge welldo well, driven wellgas well, get wellHot welloil wellPump welltube wellvery wellwell aware, Well boring, Well bred, Well drain, well endowed, Well enough, well known, Well room, well thought out, well timed, Well to do, Well to live, Well water, wildcat well. (references)
Specialty definitions using "well": Abandoned Well, acoustical well logging, area of influence of a well, artesian flowing well, As well asblowing wellclosed-in wellDeep well, DERRICK WORKER, WELL SERVICE, development well, deviated well, diffusing well, diffusion well, directional well, DISPATCHER, OIL WELL SERVICES, Dragon well, Drainage Well, drilled well, dug wellEqually as well, Extraction WellFare Well, float well, FLOOR WORKER, WELL SERVICE, flow well, flowing well, fringe well, fully penetrating artesian well, fully penetrating wellgauge wellimperfect well, Injection Well, inverted welllined wellmasonry well, Mimer's Well, Monitoring Wellnaturally gravel-packed well, naturally-screened wellObservation Well, Oswald's Wellpartially penetrating artesian well, partially-penetrating well, perfect well, PERFORATOR OPERATOR, OIL WELLrecharge well, recorder wellsalt well, self-flowing well, SERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL, shut-in well, step-out well, stilling wellTO WELLunlined wellWell Begun is Half Done, well core, well cuttings, well driller, Well Injection, well losses, Well Monitoring, Well of English Undefiled, Well of Samaria, Well of St. Keyne, Well of Wisdom, Well Plug, WELL PULLER, WELL PULLER, HEAD, well shooter, well shooting, Well, Magnetic. (references)
Etymologies containing "well": Welsome. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Well" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Pidgin English (alright, clearly, very, well).

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Modern Usage: Well

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, uh, I was asking Chris to the prom (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

Well see, there's your problem (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Oh well, alright, let's all sell our souls and work for Satan because it's more convenient that way. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Well don't ever do that again (I.Q.; writing credit: Andy Breckman and Michael Leeson.)

Yeah. Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Lyrics

Wish me love a wishing well (Wishing Well (A Tone Poem); performing artist: Terence Trent D'arby)

If I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Oh I'ma wish you well (Where My Girls At; performing artist: 702)

Well, before you do anything rash, baby, listen to this (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)

Well you took me (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

Clever

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Dig a well before you are thirsty. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Exceptionally Well Qualified: Made no major blunders yet. (references; author: unknown)

If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush. (references; author: unknown)

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

A Well Spent Life (1971)

The Blues Is Alive and Well and Living in Chicago (1970)

All's Well That Ends Well (1968)

The Shallow Well Project (1966)

Well Worn Daffy (1965)

Song Titles

Wishing Well (performing artist: Terence Trent D'arby)

A Well Respected Man (performing artist: The Kinks)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Well

DomainTitle

References

  • Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Trican Well Service Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Eating Well For Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating (reference)

  • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well (Paper) 25th Anniversary Ed.) (reference)

  • The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well (reference)

  • Deep Relaxation (Abundant Well Being Series) (reference)

  • How to Win at Golf: Without Actually Playing Well (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Well Sexy Women: A Lesbian Woman's Guide to Safer Sex (reference)

  • The Chieftains - Live Over Ireland: Water from the Well (reference)

  • Tales from the Crypt: Well Cooked Hams (reference)

  • Growing Up Well - Squiggles, Dots and Lines: A Kid's Video Guide to Drawing and Creativity Featuring Illustrator Ed Emberley (reference)

  • Inu-Yasha - Down the Well (Vol. 1) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Well

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Shown on mammogram is a small cancerous lesion as well as calcific deposits in veins. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured is a family scene, with a mother reading a story to several children. She is seated in a rocking chair and they are surrounding her on the floor in a family room setting. These people are part of a Mormon family. The Mormons are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate, well below the national average. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Note the fusion of the former scales of which the protective shell is composed, as well as the small, hair-like projections emerging from pores within this mantle. Credit: CDC.

The rash often appears as rough, red or reddish brown spots, and can appear on both the palms of the hands as well as on the plantar surface (bottom) of the feet. Credit: CDC.

Glowing gaseous streamers of red, white, and blue — as well as green and pink — illuminate the ... Credit: NASA.

Automatic tide gauge mounted on float well Gauge installed by party off of SURVEYOR West coast of Baranof Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Putting the nipple on a float well Tides party of Gerald B. Mills Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Aerial photo of eroding marsh and oil from recent well blowout. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Dixon Bay well site - seen of a blow out and oil spill as seen from the air. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Aircraft unloading in the distance - spring melt well under way. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Well
 

"Japanese well" by Samy Yang
Commentary: "This is a Japanese well. I wanted to capture the water falling from the spout, but my camera didn't catch it very nicely. Oh well. I still like it. ."
"Flag at Rest" by phong
Commentary: "A shot I took of The Washingtom Monument that turned out pretty well."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Well

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

Well begun is half done.

Benjamin Franklin

Love well, whip well.

Chinese Proverb

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Dante Alighieri

He listens well who takes notes.

Edmund Hillary

Well, we knocked the bastard off!

Freidank

New brooms sweep well.

Plato

A well begun is half ended.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Necessity does everything well.

Thomas Carlyle

The actual well seen is ideal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Well

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or bailiffs only such as know the law of the realm and mean to observe it well. (reference)

John Locke

1690

After considering it well on all sides, I can find but two. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment II. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established, to decide it. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The founders of these systems see, indeed, the class antagonisms, as well as the action of the decomposing elements, in the prevailing form of society. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Second.­The right of association for all lawful purposes by the employed as well as by the employers. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

Already we use together a large number of islands; more may well be entrusted to our joint care in the near future. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

United Nations

1948

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Today, in contrast, many Negroes have achieved outstanding success in the arts and sciences as well as in the business and professional world. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Well

TitleAuthorQuote

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Emma

Austen, Jane

Had you witnessed my behaviour there, I can hardly suppose you would ever have thought well of me again

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

We knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we met here, I believe

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Well, said Reg, "it’s been an interesting time recently, or rather, a dull time

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

If the imaginative faculty refused to act at such an hour, it might well be deemed a hopeless case

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

We are unlearning certain things, and we do well, provided that while unlearning one thing we are learning another

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

O, well now, we got a good breath of ozone round the Head today

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

But flowers work almost as well.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Fare you well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Well

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This trial was well performed. (references)

These children did well initially. (references)

The cause of BPH is not well understood. (references)

Business

U.S. imports have done well in this sector. (references)

Footwear networks are well developed in Poland. (references)

Lingerie networks are well developed in Poland. (references)

Children

Ghana

Shrine priests generally are male, but may be female as well. (references)

United Kingdom

The law bans corporal punishment in state schools as well as private schools and nursery schools. (references)

Sri Lanka

The penalty for pedophilia is not less than 5 years and up to 20 years as well as an unspecified fine. (references)

Civil Liberties

Togo

Advertisers reportedly often were intimidated as well. (references)

United Kingdom

Viewpoints critical of the Government are well represented. (references)

Spain

Asylum requests may be made from outside, as well as within, the country. (references)

Discrimination

India

The traditional caste system as well as differences of ethnicity, religion, and language deeply divide society. (references)

South Africa

Legal recourse is available to those who believe that they have been discriminated against; however, entrenched attitudes and practices, as well as limited resources, limit the practical effect of these protections. (references)

India

Despite laws designed to prevent discrimination, other legislation as well as social and cultural practices have a profound discriminatory impact, and discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, and national, racial, and ethnic minorities is a problem. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

That process is now well under way. (references)

Australia

Australian movies also are well known. (references)

Switzerland

Collecting societies are well established. (references)

Human Rights

China

Many are not well versed in the law. (references)

Uganda

It assists military defendants as well as civilians. (references)

Jamaica

The defendant's right to counsel is well established. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

In August 2000, a technical working group including the Ministries of Interior and Environment, as well as an advisor to the U'wa, had reported that the Government and Occidental Petroleum were complying with all applicable regulations. (references)

Russia

People such as the Buryats in Siberia; the Tatar and Bashkiri in the Urals; the people of the North, including the Enver, Tafarli, and Chukchi; and others work actively to preserve and defend their cultures, as well as the economic resources of their regions. (references)

Colombia

Ministry representatives are located in all regions of the country with indigenous populations and work with other governmental human rights organizations, as well as with NGO human rights groups and civil rights organizations, to promote indigenous interests and investigate violations of indigenous rights. (references)

Minorities

Cambodia

Ethnic Chinese citizens are well accepted in society. (references)

Seychelles

Creoles are well integrated into society, business, and politics. (references)

Thailand

The Sino-Thai population is well integrated and does not face discrimination. (references)

Political Economy

Haiti

Most parties are not well structured. (references)

SPAIN

Spain's economy continues to perform well. (references)

OMAN

Omani nationals tend to be well protected. (references)

Political Rights

Monaco

He may choose to consult it on other matters as well. (references)

South Africa

Women hold 9 of 27 ministerial positions, as well as 6 of 13 deputy ministerial slots. (references)

Ukraine

Jews are well represented among the political elite and hold several parliamentary seats. (references)

Trade

Spain

Spanish banks are well capitalized. (references)

Korea

This may cost a bit more, but may be well worth it. (references)

Switzerland

Many well known cartels, as a result, have disappeared. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Visiting Americans generally fit in well. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Supermarkets are well stocked with Western products. (references)

Nigeria

Some hotels require a deposit to cover meals as well. (references)

Women

Bhutan

Marriages may be arranged by the marriage partners themselves as well as by their parents. (references)

Cuba

Approximately 40 percent of all women work, and they are well represented in many professions. (references)

Russia

Job advertisements often specify sex and age groups, and sometimes physical appearance as well. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

Military conscripts routinely are used for this purpose as well. (references)

Vietnam

It is uncertain how well the Government enforces these provisions. (references)

Botswana

Formal sector jobs almost always pay well above minimum wage levels. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. Who is that, father? A mendicant, child, Haggard, morose, and unaffable -- wild! See how he glares through the bars of his cell! With Citizen Mendicant all is not well. Why did they put him there, father? Because Obeying his belly he struck at the laws. His belly? Oh, well, he was starving, my boy -- A state in which, doubtless, there's little of joy. No bite had he eaten for days, and his cry Was "Bread!" ever "Bread!" What's the matter with pie? With little to wear, he had nothing to sell; To beg was unlawful -- improper as well. Why didn't he work? He would even have done that, But men said: "Get out!" and the State remarked: "Scat!" I mention these incidents merely to show That the vengeance he took was uncommonly low. Revenge, at the best, is the act of a Siou, But for trifles -- Pray what did bad Mendicant do? Stole two loaves of bread to replenish his lack And tuck out the belly that clung to his back. Is that all father dear? There's little to tell: They sent him to jail, and they'll send him to -- well, The company's better than here we can boast, And there's -- Bread for the needy, dear father? Um -- toast. Atka Mip

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Well

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

We must learn from Enron as well.

Erin Runnion

Right, right. Well, you know, I didn't want cameras in the courtroom because this case isn't just murder.

Jim Jeffords

It's gone very well. I was very well received and nothing but praise and the book sales are going rapidly.

Julie Andrews

My. Well, a lot of people have passed on. And Dudley, I think, is one of the saddest of them all. What a waste.

Liza Minnelli

Sure, I was nervous. But I feel so good, I feel so well, you know, and so centered. And I know what I do and I know who I am.

Naomi Campbell

I believe more for me as a character and I go inside myself. It's really a lot to do with the mind as well, I think.

Rosie O'Donnell

Yeah, well, I like to encourage young performers who wouldn't maybe have a venue without our show, yeah.

Rush Limbaugh

If you solve the security problem, you'll solve the economic problem as well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Well

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Contemplating the internal situation as well as the external relations of the United States, we discover equal cause for contentment and satisfaction.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809At home, fellow-citizens, you best know whether we have done well or ill.

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877Laws are to govern all alike--those opposed as well as those who favor them.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Inflation results from psychological as well as economic conditions.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Chairman, both of our countries have great unfinished tasks and I know that your people as well as those of the United States can ask for nothing better than to pursue them free from the fear of war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969We all face sickness someday, and some more often than we wish, and old age as well.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989SDI funding is money wisely appropriated and money well spent.

George Bush

1989-1993Our budget fully funds today's benefits and it asssures that future benefits will be funded as well.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I've done pretty well with this speech, but I can't say that.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Well

"Well" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 82.40% of the time. "Well" is used about 116,480 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)82.4%95,97894
Interjection15.27%17,790520
Adjective (general or positive)1.56%1,8124,669
Noun (singular)0.75%8778,104
Noun (proper)0.02%2176,261
                    Total100.00%116,480N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Well

The following table summarizes the usage of "well" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
WellLast name1,00013,882
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Well

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "well".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
BeerN/ABiblical

A well

BeeraN/ABiblical

A well

BeerelimN/ABiblical

The well of Elim

BeeriN/ABiblical

My well

Beer-lahai-roiN/ABiblical

The well of him that liveth and seeth me

BeershebaN/ABiblical

The well of an oath

BeershebaN/ABiblical

The seventh well

BeraN/ABiblical

A well

BerachiahN/ABiblical

Speaking well of the Lord

BerothathN/ABiblical

Of a well

En-haddahN/ABiblical

Well of gladness

En-hazorN/ABiblical

The grass of the well

En-rimmonN/ABiblical

Well of weight

En-rogelN/ABiblical

The well of searching

HaradahN/ABiblical

Well of great fear

JeberechiahN/ABiblical

Speaking well of

JedidahN/ABiblical

Well beloved

ShimonN/ABiblical

Providing well

TrophimusN/ABiblical

Well brought up

TrophimusN/ABiblical

Well educated

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Well

CountryNameCountryName
Canada

Trican Well Service Ltd

USA

Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Well

Expressions using "well": a stuff that wears well a well man a well ordered life a well set girl a well watered region abandoned well absorbing well acquit oneself well air well alive and well all are well all is well all is well that ends well all's well all's well that ends well artesian flowing well artesian well as well as well as as well as can be expected as well as that augur well augur well for be doing well be well be well disposed towards be well equipped for smth. be well equipped to do be well grounded in arithmetic be well heeled be well off be well reported of be well reputed of be well set up be well tubbed bear one's age well bear one's years well bear oneself well behave well bilge well blowing of a well blowing well bode well bore a well bring up well cased well color well colour well come off well come out well come over well coming out well cultivating the soil well cultivating well dead well deflected well deserve well of development well deviated well diffusing well diffusion well directional well do as well as one can do oneself well do smb. well do well do well at school do well by smb. dragon well draw water from a well draw well drilled well drilling well drive well Driven well dry well dug well electrical well logging elevator well exhaust a well extraction well fairly well feed well feel not well feel well films well float well flow well flowing well fringe well full well fully penetrating artesian well fully penetrating well gas well gauge well geophysical well logging get along well with get along well with smb. get on well get on well together get on well with smb.. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "well": well-a, well-above, well-above-average, well-accepted, well-acclaimed, well-accustomed, well-acknowledged, well-acquainted, well-acted, well-adapted, well-a-day, well-a-day!, well-adjusted, well-administered, well-advanced, well-advertised, well-advised, well-aerated, well-affected, well-aged, well-agitated, well-aimed, well-aired, well-amplified, well-amused, well-analysed, well-animated, well-anticipated, well-applied, well-appointed, well-appointed well-found, well-arched, well-'ard, well-argued, well-armed, well-arranged, well-articulated, well-assorted, well-assorted couple, well-attached, well-attended, well-attended conference, well-attested, well-authenticated, well-aware, well-a-way!, well-a-well, well-backed, well-baked, well-balance, well-balanced, well-banked, well-barred, well-based, well-beaten, well-becoming, well-bed, well-bedded, well-behaved, Well-being, well-beloved, well-bent, well-blazed, well-boozy, Well-born, well-bound, well-bounded, well-branched, well-bred, well-bred woman, well-breeched, well-bribed, well-bricked, well-briefed, well-britched, well-broken, well-brought, well-brought up, well-brought-up, well-browned, well-brushed, well-built, well-bundled, well-buttered, well-calculated, well-camouflaged, well-capitalised, well-capitalized, well-cared, well-cared for, well-cared-for, well-carpeted, well-carved, well-cast, well-catered, well-celebrated, well-championed, well-characterised, well-characterized, well-charted, well-chilled, well-chiselled, well-choreographed, well-chosen, well-chronicled, well-circumscribed, well-circumstanced, well-clad, well-closed, well-clothed, well-coloured, well-compensated, well-compiled, well-completed, well-composed, well-concealed, well-conceived, well-conditioned, well-conducted, well-confirmed, well-connected, well-conserved, well-considered, well-consolidated, well-constructed, well-contained, well-contested, well-contrasted, well-contrived, well-controlled, well-converted, well-cooked, well-coordinated, well-corseted, well-costumed, well-covered, well-crafted, well-craftedness, well-creased, well-crowned, well-cultivated, well-curtained, well-cushioned, well-cut, well-damped, well-dampened, well-darkened, well-darned, well-dated, well-deck, well-defended, well-defined, well-definedness, well-delivered, well-demarcated, well-described, well-deserved, well-deserving, well-designed, well-detailed, well-determined, well-developed, well-devised, well-differentiated, well-diffused, well-digger, well-digging, well-diluted, well-directed, well-disciplined, well-disguised, well-displayed, well-disposed, well-distanced, well-distributed, well-diversified, well-documented, well-doing, well-done, well-dowered, well-drafted, well-drained, Well-draining, well-drawn, well-dressed, well-dressing, well-dressings, well-dried, well-drilled, well-earned, well-educated, well-elaborated, well-employed, well-endowed, well-engineered, well-enough, well-enough-meaning, well-entrenched, well-equipped, well-established, well-evidenced, well-evident, well-executed, well-exemplified, well-expanded, well-experienced, well-explained, well-exposed, well-expressed, well-fancied, Well-favored, well-favoured, well-feathered, well-featured, well-fed, well-feigned, well-fenced, well-fertilised, well-filled, well-filtered, well-financed, well-fingered, well-finished, well-fired, well-fitted, well-fitting, well-fitting shoes, well-fixed, well-flavoured, well-fleshed, well-flighted, well-floured, well-focused, well-focussed, well-forested, well-formed, well-formedness, well-formulated, well-fortified, well-fought, well-found, well-founded, well-framed, well-frequented, well-functioning, well-funded, well-furnished, well-gallooned, well-geared, well-gnawed, well-governed, well-gowned, well-grassed, well-grate, well-greased, well-grilled, well-groomed, well-grooved, well-grounded, well-grouped, well-grown, well-guarded, well-handicapped, well-handled, well-hated, well-head, well-heads, well-healed, well-heated, well-heeled, well-here-and-i-hope-you-are-well-there, well-hidden, well-hit, well-honed, well-hopped, well-hosed, well-hotel, well-housed, well-housing, well-how-clever, well-hung, Well-i, well-if-you-don't-like-it-that's-all-right, well-illuminated, well-illustrated, well-in, well-inclined, well-indexed, well-indoctrinated, Well-informed, well-informed circle, well-informed circles, well-ingrained, well-insulated, well-insured, well-integrated, well-intended, Well-intentioned, well-into, well-invested, well-ironed, well-jointed, well-judged, well-justified, well-kelp, well-kempt, well-kept, well-knit, well-knitted, well-know, Well-known, well-known novelist, well-known personality, well-known poet, well-known politician, well-laced, well-lagged, well-laid, well-lateralised, well-launched, well-laundered, well-learned, well-led, well-let, well-lighted, well-liked, Well-liking, well-lined, well-lit, well-loaded, well-located, well-lodged, well-log, well-looked, well-looked-after, well-loved, well-lubricated, well-made, well-made person, well-maintained, well-man, well-managed, well-manicured, well-manned, Well-mannered, well-manured, well-marbled, well-marked, well-married, well-marshalled, well-mashed, well-matched, well-matured, Well-meaner, well-meaners, well-meaning, well-meaningly, well-meaningness, well-meant, well-men, well-merited, well-met!, well-minded, well-mined, well-mixed, well-modelled, well-moderated, well-modulated, well-monitored, well-mothered, well-motivated, well-moulded, well-mounted, well-mown, well-muffled, well-muscled, well-named, Well-natured, well-needed, Well-nigh, well-nigh impossible, well-night, well-noted, well-nourished, well-nuked, well-obscene, well-observed, well-occupied, well-off, well-off-i, well-oiled, well-operated, well-orchestrated, well-ordered, well-ordered set, well-ordering, well-organised, well-organized, well-oriented, well-oxygenated, well-paced, well-packaged, well-packed, well-padded, well-paid, well-painted, well-passably, well-past-their-sell-by-date, well-patronized, well-paying, well-peed, well-person, well-phrased, well-picked, well-pinned, well-pit, well-placed, well-planned, well-planted, well-played, well-pleased, Well-plighted, well-plotted, well-plucked, well-policed, well-polished, well-populated, well-positioned, well-powdered, well-practised, well-preened, well-prepared, well-presented, well-preserved, well-pressed, well-presses, well-priced, well-primed, well-primped, well-produced, well-programmed, well-pronounced, well-proportioned, well-protected, well-proven, well-provided, well-provisioned, well-pruned, well-publicised, well-publicized, well-published, well-punted, well-put-on, well-qualified, well-quiffed, well-quoted, Well-read, well-realised, well-reared, well-reasoned, well-recalled, well-received, well-recognised, well-recognized, well-recommended, well-recorded, well-referenced, well-regarded, well-regimented, well-regulated, well-rehearsed, well-related, well-remembered, well-remunerated, well-renovated, well-repaired, well-reported, well-represented, well-repressed, well-reproduced, well-researched, well-resolved, well-resourced, well-respected, well-restored, well-rewarded, well-ripened, well-risen, well-ritualized, well-roasted, well-rooted, well-rotted, well-rounded, well-rubbed, well-ruled, well-run, well-run-in, well-running, well-satisfied, well-saturated, well-saved, well-scented, well-schooled, well-screened, well-scripted, well-scrubbed, well-sculpted, well-sculptured, well-sealed, well-seasoned, well-seated, well-secured, well-seeming, Well-seen, well-segmented, well-selected, well-selling, well-separated, well-served, well-serves, well-serviced, Well-set, well-settled, well-set-up, well-sewn, well-shaded, well-shaft, well-shaped, well-shaven, well-sheltered, well-shined, well-shod, well-sifted, well-sighted, well-signposted, well-simulated, well-sinker, well-sinking, well-sited, well-situated, well-sized, well-sketched, well-smeared, well-smouldering, well-soaped, well-socialized, well-solaced, well-soled, well-sorted, well-sounding, well-sourced, well-spaced, well-specified, Well-sped, well-spent, well-spiced, well-spoken, well-spokenness, well-spread, well-spring, well-springs, well-sprung, well-spun, well-stacked, well-staffed, well-staged, well-starred, well-stirred, well-stocked, well-stones, well-stoppered, well-strewn, well-struck, well-structured, well-studied, well-stuffed, well-styled, well-subscribed, well-sucked, well-suited, well-sung, well-supervised, well-supplied, well-supported, well-surfaced, well-sussed, well-sustained, well-swept, well-tailored, well-taken, well-targeted, well-taught, well-tempered, well-tended, well-tested, well-that, well-thought, well-thought-of, well-thought-out, well-thumbed, well-tied, well-timbered, well-timed, well-to-do, well-told, well-tolerated, well-toned, well-trained, well-travelled, well-treated, well-treed, well-tried, well-trimmed, well-trodden, well-tuned, well-turned, well-turned-out, well-tutored, well-typed, well-understood, well-unionised, well-unionized, well-upholstered, well-used, well-utilised, well-vascularised, well-vegetated, well-ventilated, well-versed, well-versed in politics, well-visited, well-voiced, well-wall, well-wardrobed, well-washed, well-watched, well-water, well-watered, well-waxed, well-waymarked, well-weathered, well-weeded, well-weighted, well-wild, well-willed, Well-willer, well-winnowed, Well-wish, well-wisher, well-wisher person, well-wishers, well-wishes, well-wishing, well-wishings, well-women, well-won, well-wooded, well-worked, well-worked-out, well-worn, well-worn-looking, well-worth, well-wrapped, well-wrapped-up, well-writ, well-written, well-wrought, well-xxxx.

Ending with "well": age-well, get-well, stair-well.

Containing "well": a well-worn joke, be hail-fellow-well-met with everyone, do-well by, equally-well-attested, get-well card, get-well-soon, hail-fellow-well-met, less-well-known, less-well-off, less-well-paid, too-well-celebrated, too-well-informed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Well

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

well fargo

31,363

get well gift

279

well fargo bank

6,453

window well cover

254

well fargo.com

2,219

well fargo home page

242

well fargo mortgage

2,056

lyrics poison well

218

well fargo home mortgage

2,002

well cargo

215

well fargo online

1,495

get well gift basket

199

well

1,485

well drilling

191

well fargo online banking

1,166

water well pump

189

get well card

679

well of soul

185

wishing well

585

well fargo mortgage rate

183

well fargo financial

519

mineral well tx

182

well pump

517

well fargo com

181

poison the well

482

free get well card

178

water well

466

indian well ca

170

well fargo banking

363

indian well

168

well maine

309

window well

157

dawn well

305

well cargo trailer

152

get well

293

get well soon

152

well water

292

well fargo home loan

139

well hung

281

water well drilling

130
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Well

Language Translations for "well"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

toe (as, closed, now, shut, then, to, toward, towards, well then, when), put, goed (fine, good, nice, OK, okay, things), gesond (healthy), fiks (healthy). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mirë (alright, decently, good, myrrh, nice, nicely, ok, okay, okey, securely). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حسنا (all right, alright, ok, okay, okey), ‏دفق (afflux, effluence, effluent, flow, flux, inflow, inflowing, influx, outflow, outpouring, pour, pump, race, river, slop, stream), ‏إلى حد بعيد (closely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly, exceedingly, mightily, more, most, so, that, very, widely), ‏جيد (fully, good, kindly, neck, perfect, pretty, prime), ‏عجبا (lo), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, wholly, wide), ‏تفجر (burst, detonate, explode, fulminate, gush, outburst, spurt), ‏بئر (focus, hole), ‏حسن (advantage, alter, ameliorate, amend, beautiful, better, elaborate, extend, fine, handsome, improve, innovate, like better, make efficient, ok, okay, okey, perfect, polish, pretty, reclaim, reform, season, upgrade), ‏ينبوع (font, fount, fountain, root), ‏حفرة عمودية عميقة, ‏وعاء لسائل, ‏معافى (free, hale, healthy, right, sound), ‏مورد (resource, spring, watering place), ‏مقصورة المحامين, ‏كما يجب, ‏حجيرة حول مضخات السفينة. (various references)

   

Basque

  

ondo (ok, okay). (various references)

   

Breton

  

mat (good). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

желателен (desirable, optative), добър (benign, fair, good, good natured, kind, kindly, lucky, nice, plummy, pretty, round, savoury, sound, tenderhearted, useful, warmhearted), доста (considerably, distinctly, great deal, half, nice and, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, some, somewhat, tolerably), и таз добра, и тъй (now then), избликвам (gush, spout), извор (font, fount, fountain, fountain-head, head, headspring, lymph, origin, rise, seepage, source, spring, wellhead, wellspring), източник (derivation, font, fountain-head, hand, mint, origin, parent, paternity, quarry, quarter, quarters, reservoir, source, spring, thesaurus), препоръчителен (advisable, commendable, credential, recommendable, recommendatory, testimonial), бликам (flow, gush, spout, squirt), благополучен (successful), бре (dear, gee, lummy), добре (all right, good, nicely, right, righto), е добре, съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, wholly, wide), здрав (blooming, durable, entire, fast, fit, flourishing, flush, good, hard, healthful, healthy, hearty, hefty, invulnerable, lasting, laudable, lusty, nervous, nervy, reliable, right, robust, rubbery, rude, rugged, safe, salubrious, seaworthy, secure, serviceable, sinewy, sleek, sober, sound, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure footed, taintless, tenacious, thickset, uncorrupted, up to the mark, vigorous, well-conditioned, without scathe), задоволителен (adequate, passable, possible, satisfactory, sufficient), задоволително (all right, passably), мастилница (ink pot, ink stand), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), вдлъбнатина (chase, concave, concavity, cove, groove, hole, hollow, indent, indentation, indention, notch, pan, pit, recess, socket), кладенец (draw well), шахта (chute, pit, shaft, trunk), щастлив (auspicious, blessed, favored, favoured, fortunate, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, lucky, palmy, providential, saturnian), рибник, сонда (auger, bore, borer, explorer, probe, sonde, stylet), е. (various references)

   

Catalan

  

(okay). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(warn). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

pa, dobro (fine, good). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zdravý (all right, fit, good, Hale, healthful, healthly, healthy, right, salubrious, sound, strong, well balanced, wholesome), studna, spokojenost (contentment, happiness, satisfaction, welfare), prostor před soudcem, prosperita (prosperity, welfare), prospìch (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, good, grades, interest, profit, welfare), pramen (fountain, head, headspring, source, spring, strand, streak, wellspring), pìknì (fine, prettily), dobře (all right, clearly, good, ok, okay, okey-dokey), dobøe, dùkladnì (closely, soundly, thorough), blaho (bliss, paradise, welfare), úplnì (absolutely, all, altogether, completely, entirely, in full, off, outright, quite, sheer, throughout, to the hilt, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), šachta (pit, shaft). (various references)

   

Danish

  

godt (good, OK, okay), brønd (fountain), sund (healthy), rask (healthy), (now, well then). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

goed (agreed, clothes, clothing, correct, estate, exact, farm, fine, good, nice, OK, okay, possession, proper, property, ranch, right, very good), wel (admittedly, all right, although, certainly, fountain, indeed, now, probably, quite, rather, rather allright, source, spring, surely, though, untranslated, well then, well-being), put (cave, cavity), nu goed (OK, okay). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

nu (now, well then), bone (fine, OK, okay). (various references)

   

Estonian

  

noh, hästi (fine, very). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

væl (okay), (at present, now, well then), (now, well then), heilsugóður (healthy), frískur (healthy), brunnur (basin, reservoir), blekkglas (inkpot, ink-well), íðan (now, well then). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

جوهردان , بدون اشکال , بسیارخوب (Excellent, Immense, Okay, Super, Superb), به چشم , درسطح امدن وجاری شدن , دوات (Inkstand, Inkwell), راحت (Beforehand, Comfort, Comfortable, Convenient, Cozy, Cuddly, Placid, Snug, Straight), ببالافوران کردن , اوه (Pshaw), چشمه (Fountain, Mesh, Source, Spring, Springhead), خوب (Fine, Good, Nice, Okay, Pretty, Super), خیلی خوب (Benedicite, Glorious), سالم (Hale, Healthy, Intact, Lucid, Safe, Salubrious, Sane, Sound, Valid, Whole), تندرست (Fit, Healthy, Lusty), تمام وکمال (Consummate, Thoroughgoing, Wholly), تماما (All, Altogether, Intoto, Quite, Stark, Throughout, Wholly), روامدن اب ومایع . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaivo (fountain, source, spring), terve (cheerio, cheers, healthy, hello, sound sane), no (now, well then, well! now!), hyvin (very, very much). (various references)

   

French

  

puits, bien (very well, welfare, well being), sain, eh bien (well then). (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

bien. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

wolno (now, well then), sûn (healthy), inketpotsje (inkpot, ink-well), hawar (now, well then). (various references)

   

German

  

Brunnen (font, fountain, fountains, spring, wells), wohl (accordingly, arguably, certainly, consequently, indeed, maybe, mayhap, no doubt, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably, rather, so, surely, then, therefore, to be sure, weal, welfare, well being, well-being), nun (at present, come on, now, then, well then), gut (all right, belongings, beneficial, capable, domain, efficiently, estate, farm, fine, freight, gear, good, goods, handsomely, holding, item, keen, manor, material, nice, nicely, o.k., okay, possession, property, quiet, ranch, rigging, safely, sharp, solid, that's good, understood), gesund (able bodied, daffy, fit, fresh, Hale, healthful, healthy, invigorating, nonhazardous, nonvenomous, robust, ruddy, salubrious, salubriously, salutarily, salutary, sanely, solid, sound, strong, trig, wholesome), Bohrloch (bore, borehole, boring, drill-hole). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πηγάδι (bore hole, shaft), καλά (okay), φρέαρ (core, cored hole, fountain, shaft, spring), λοιπόν (now, so, then), αναβλύζω (gush, jet, spout, spurt, well up). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

porã (nice). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

byen, bon (good). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

mirë (good, nice, okay). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

על בוריו (properly, thoroughly), ניחא (convenient, gentle, granted, so be it, soft), טוב (fair, good, goodness, kind, property, wealth), בריא (buxom, fit, healthy, lusty, plump, right, robust, salubrious, sound, stout, wholesome), באר (pit), במצב טוב (fine fettle, in good order, in good shape, sitting pretty), היטב (properly), כראוי (as should be, duly, to a turn, worthily), כהוגן (correctly, duly, fairly, properly, suitably), נו, עוקה (cavity, pit, sump, trap), מקור (fount, fountain, germ, nib, origin, parent, resource, resources, root, seed, source, wellspring), שפיר (excellent, fine), ובכן (and so, if so, so, then, therefore, thus), לנבוע (arise, bubble, derive, emanate, flow, gush forth, issue, originate, pour forth, result, spout forth, stem), לבעבע (bubble, gurgle), לזרום (flow, spout, spurt, stream, tide), לפכות (bubble, gush), יפה (appropriately, beautiful, beautifully, comely, fair, finely, good looking, handsome, lovely, nice, picturesque, pretty, right), מעין (almost, as if, fountain, kind of, like, sort of, source, spring), כהלכה (aright, properly, right, soundly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jól (aright, fair, fine, have a good grip of the situation, have a good grip on the situation, light, nicely, on the beam, right, tiptop, to come through, to dress sy down good and proper, to give it sy, to give it to sy, to give sy beans, to send sy away with a flea in sy's ear), kút (feedthrough, fount, fountain, pit, pump), forrás (boil, boiling, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, fermentation, font, fount, fountain, fountain-head, headspring, parent, resource, seethe, source, spring, spring-head). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

vel (good/well, okay). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

wah (gosh, oh, say, why), telaga (lake, pond, stagnant pit), sumur, sehat (bouncing, hale, healthful, healthy, sane), begini (like this, thus), baik-baik (carefully, good, in good condition), baik (fine, good, kosher, nice, okay, right). (various references)

   

Irish

  

tobar, maith (forgive, good, nice, of goods, okay, pardon), go maith (okay), bhuel. (various references)

   

Italian

  

bene (all right, aright, asset, cool, fine, gift, good, o.k., ok, okay, possession, properly, really, right, very, wide), pozzo (bore, fountain, shaft, wells), sano (bonny, fit, Hale, healthful, healthily, healthy, right, salubrious, sound, unharmed, upstanding, whole, wholesome), beh. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

宜しく (best regards, please remember me, properly, suitably). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いいえ (nay, no, yes), じゃあ (well then), けんざい (actual, actualized, building material, hard wood, in good health), よく (avarice, bath, being skilled in, craving, desire, greed, nicely, properly, skilled in, skillfully, thoroughly, wants), よし (all right, all right!, bulrush, cause, good, OK!, reason, reed, significance, so), よろしく (best regards, please remember me, properly, suitably), ゆうに (easily, skillfully, sufficiently), あのう (errr, say), ろくに (enough, sufficient), こうせん (battle, beam, belligerence, brokerage, college, commission, factory boat, floating cannery, hostilities, light ray, oral statement, public election, resistance, steel wire, underground spring, war), (cure, depending on, doctor, greatness, healing, lean on, medicine, quenching, rest against, stomach, the healing art, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac), いざ (come, crucial moment, now), ええと (er...., let me see), いや (detestable, disagreeable, nay, no, reluctant, unpleasant, yes), それじゃ (in that case, well then), いいや (nay, no, yes), いな (nay, no, yes), せいせん (careful selection, crusade, fresh, holy war, military expedition, sexual gland), つつがない (free from accident, in good health, safe), では (so, then, well then), どれ (let me see, now, which), うまく (aptly, cleverly, deliciously, skillfully), さて (now, then), さてさて (now, then), まず (about, almost, anyway, first, hardly, now, to start with), しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, now, photograph, picture, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe), いえ (house, nay, no, yes). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

우물 (Wells). (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

soa. (various references)

   

Malay

  

sehat (healthy). (various references)

   

Manx

  

slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, absolutely, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, healed, intact, integer, inviolate, perfect, sane, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, undivided, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, whole), dy mie (nicely), doagh eeast, chibbyrt (spring). (various references)

   

Maya

  

che'en. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

frisk (fresh, good, healthy, recent). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

sorga, rajar (gush, spring), potz (pit). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

saludabel (healthy), salú (health, healthy), bon (good, nice, okay). (various references)

   

Pidgin English

  

well (alright, clearly, very). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ellway.(various references)

   

Polish

  

zdrowy (healthy), zdrów (healthy), no (now, well then), kałamarz (inkpot, ink-well), dobrze (okay). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

bem (benefit, blessing, decently, draw-well, fortune, good, much, nice, nicely, now, OK, okay, property, quite, very, welfare, yes), poço (catchment basin, draw-well, oil well, pit, pool, shaft), pois (because, for, now, on this account, since, well then). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

bem (nice). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

waleqllachu (are you well, well?), waleq (fine), sumaqtachu, sumaqta (very well), allinta. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

bine (advantage, allright, aright, blessing, boon, fine, fortune, gain, good, good looking, honorable, honourable, interest, okay, right, rightly, stately, that's settled, up to the mark, well then), pãi (why), ia (now, well then). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

хорошо (all right, allright, all-right, alright, al-right, fair enough, good, lockfast, nicely, ok, okay, okey, well-done). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tobar (a well, fountain, origin, source), gu math (okay). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zdrav (able bodied, bonny, bouncing, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sound, wholesome), zdenac, vrelo (fountainhead, hotly, springhead, wellhead), u redu (all right, line: in a line, ok, okay, okey, order: in order, shipshape), sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stark, stinking, throughout, totally, utterly, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), pravilno (aright, duly, normally, regularly, right), pa (and, so, then), izvor (derivation, fount, rise, source, spring, springhead, wellhead, wellspring), dobro (all right, fine, good, ok, pat, right), bunar (draw well). (various references)

   

Slovene

  

dobro (good). (various references)

   

Sotho

  

hantle. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bien (all right, alright, amply, benefit, decently, fine, good, nice, nicely, okay, prettily, properly, quite right, right, rightly, sake, thank you, tidily, true, welfare), pozo (cesspool, draw well, fountain, gantlet, gauntlet, hole, kike, mine, pit, pool, shaft, sink, wells), bueno (all right, alright, cheering, convenient, cosy, cozy, cult, decent, enjoyable, fair, fine, glad, good, goodly, Goody, hallo, hearty, hello, high, hullo, kind, kindly, nice, okay, plenteous, plentiful, right, strong, useful, what, whatever). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

we (away, now, well then), peti, kusonto (healthy), gesontu (healthy), enkibatra (inkpot, ink-well). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

vizuri (OK, okay), vema (OK, okay), shimo, kisima, je (hey, now, say, well then). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

väl (okay, surely, weal, well being, well-being), bra (all right, bonny, fine, funky, good, great, jolly, longish, nice, not badly, o.k., ok, okay, okeydokey, quite, right, useful, very, very much), gott (capitally, easily, excellently, good, nice, very well), nåväl (now, well then), (attain, carry, come to, fetch, gain, now, reach, well then), kry (brisk, cheerful, fit, gay, hale, merry), källa (authority, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mine, origin, source, spring), jo (accordingly, consequently, so, then, therefore, why, why yes, yes), ja (I see, indeed, nay, why, yah, yea, yeah, yean, yes), brunn (fountain, source, spa, spring). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

ti'a (okay), malusóg (healthy). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เป็นลางสังหรณ์ที่ดี (bode well), เป็นลางดี (augur well), บ่อน้ำบาดาล (artesian well), มีเจตนาดี (mean well). (various references)

   

Tswana

  

tsogile (am fine, are fine, be well, wake up), sentle (perfectly). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

iyi (agreeable, all right, alright, b, comfortable, decent, decently, fair, fine, good, gratifying, great, happy, just, kind, o.k., ok, okay, sound, well enough), şey (affair, article, chose, concern, doing, doings, doodad, doohickey, lark, matter, object, stuff, thing, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whosit). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

юeяlelikde (then), яeri, hoю (informal good-bye, okay), guяy (shaft), gu, gowy, bakaly (c'mon). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вельми (vastly), добрий (auspicious, good, good natured, kind, nice, open-hearted), добре (all right, decently, familiarly, good, nicely, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, right-ho, smoothly), дуже (anxiously, awfully, bang, bitter, bloody, clinking, curiously, deep, enormously, exceedingly, frightfully, full, gey, greatly, hard, heaps, highly, hugely, immensely, in great measure, jolly, mightily, mighty, miles, much, nervously, notably, particularly, passing, precious, purely, real, really, shocking, some, strong, super, thumping, too, very, very much, violently, widely), підніматися (ascend, climb, jump, lift, surge, walk up), бити ключем, благо (boon, good, weal), благополучно (safe, safely), здоровий (able bodied, bonny, full-blooded, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, hygienical, robust, salubrious, salutary, sound, well-conditioned), закипати, значно (considerably, estimably, far, gey, greatly, lot, much, notably, noticeably, out and away), джерело (authorship, beginning, channel, cradle, derivation, fount, fountain-head, headspring, lymph, origin, parent, paternity, principle, progenitor, quarry, radix, source, spring, wellspring, whence), ну (now, shoo), сходи (stairs), відмінно (famously, nicely, perfectly), гарний (bonny, good, good looking, goodly, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty), гарненько (properly), гарно (finely, good, goodly, nicely, prettily), кладезь, колодязь, криниця, цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, wholly), розумно (rationally, reasonably, sensibly, wittily), свердловина (bore, chink, pore), як слід (seemingly, shipshape), зумпф. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

biết rõ; thạo tin (well-informed), duyên dáng (airy, charming, comely, graceful, ingratiatingly, personable, smart, well-favoured, well-looking), chắc nịch (substantial, well-built), chắc chắn (assuredly, away, certain, fast, reliable, secure, settled, staid, strong, undoubted, unquestionable, well-founded, well-grounded), có vẻ tốt (well-seeming), có tiếng tốt (reputable, reputed, well-reputed), có thiện chí (favorable, favourable, well-meaning), có nhiều người lui tới (well-trodden), có nhiều đức tính dễ thưng (well-graced), có kỷ luật được kiểm soát chặt chẽ (well-regulated), có hạnh kiểm tốt (good-conduct, well-behaved), có học (lettered, well-read), có giáo dục (good-class, well-behaved), đáng (deserved, dignified, due, well-earned), cân đối (proportioned, well-proportioned), giỏi (adept, consummate, conversant, dab, death, famously, nut, versed, well-up), biết điều (well-balanced), ai cũng biết (well-known), ăn mặc đẹp (well-groomed), điều tốt (good, right, well-doing), đúng mực (decorous, proper, regular, well-balanced), đúng lúc (apposite, apropos, betimes, duly, seasonable, timely, well-timed), đúng dịp (well-timed), được trang bị đầy đủ (well-found), được tr lưng hậu (well-paid), được tiếng tốt; được quý trọng (well-thought-of), được thử thách có kết qu (well-tried), được ăn uống đầy đủ (well-fed), đáng tin cậy (dependable, tried, trustworthy, well-founded, well-grounded), có đủ tài liệu (well-informed), ngăn nắp (tidy, trim, well-ordered), xét đoán đúng (well-judged), xứng đáng (deserved, due, meritorious, well-earned, worthy), việc phi (well-doing), với lời lẽ chi chuốt (well-spoken), với ý tốt (well-intentioned, well-meant), trang bị đầy đủ (well-appointed), sung túc may mắn (well-off), sung túc (comfortable, plenteous, plentiful, well-to-do), suýt (verge, well-nigh), sinh trong một gia đình tốt (well-born), sự khoan giếng (well-boring), rõ ràng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, discriminative, explicit, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, patently, plain, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, transparent, visibly, well-marked), phong lưu (comfortably, easy, well-off), gần (by, closely, hard, inch, near, near-by, nearly, next, proximate, verge, well-nigh), lặp đi lặp lại hoài (well-worn), xinh xắn (cute, dinky, prettily, pretty, well-favoured, well-looking), hạnh phúc (bliss, blissful, felicitous, felicity, luckiness, mercy, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being), hầu (throttle, well-nigh), hiển nhiên (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, evident, flagrant, glaring, glaringly, glary, incontrovertible, manifest, naked, notorious, obvious, patent, patently, self-apparent, self-evident, tactile, tangible, visibly, well-marked), khá gi (well-to-do). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

wel, yn dda (okay), pydew (pit), iach (healthy), ffynnon (fountain, source, spring). (various references)

   

Xhosa

  

kakuhle (Nicely/well, Well/nicely). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

taak'inal (affluent, rich, wealthy, well-off), ayik'al (affluent, rich, wealthy, well-off). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

kahle (okay), awu (now, well then). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Well

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

pu, tul. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

eu-. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

bene. (various references)

Avestan200-600

frô. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Well

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 8, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai apokriqeiV o ekatontarcoV efh kurie ouk eimi ikanoV ina mou upo thn steghn eiselqhV alla monon eipe logon kai iaqhsetai o paiV mou
Latin405VulgateEt respondens centurio ait Domine non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur puer meus
Old English990West SaxonÞa answerede se hundredes ealdor & þus cwæð. Drihtem (sic) ne eom ic wurðeþæt þu ingange under mine þecene äc cweð þin an worð (sic). & min cnape beoð ge-hæled.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the centurien answeride, and seide to hym, Lord, Y am not worthi, that thou entre vndur my roof; but oonli seie thou bi word, and my childe shal be heelid.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe Centurio answered and sayde: Syr I am not worthy yt thou shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake ye worde only and my servaut shalbe healed.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant will be healed.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Well

LanguageMatthew Chapter 8, Verse 8
CebuanoApan kaniya mitubag ang kapitan nga nag-ingon, "Ginoo, dili ako takus sa pagpasilong kanimo ilalum sa akong atop; apan isulti mo lamang ang pulong, ug mamaayo ang akong binatonan.
Chinese百 夫 長 回 答 說 、 主 阿 、 你 到 我 舍 下 、 我 不 敢 當 . 只 要 你 說 一 句 話 、 我 的 僕 人 就 必 好 了 。
CroatianOdgovori satnik: "Gospodine, nisam dostojan da uðeš pod krov moj, nego samo reci rijeè i izlijeèen æe biti sluga moj.
DanishOg Høvedsmanden svarede og sagde: "Herre! jeg er ikke værdig til, at du skal gå ind under mit Tag; men sig det blot med et Ord, så bliver min Dreng helbredt.
DutchEn de hoofdman over honderd, antwoordende, zeide: Heere! ik ben niet waardig, dat Gij onder mijn dak zoudt inkomen; maar spreek alleenlijk een woord, en mijn knecht zal genezen worden.
FinnishMutta sadanpäämies vastasi ja sanoi: "Herra, en minä ole sen arvoinen, että tulisit minun kattoni alle; vaan sano ainoastaan sana, niin minun palvelijani paranee.
FrenchLe centenier répondit: Seigneur, je ne suis pas digne que tu entres sous mon toit; mais dis seulement un mot, et mon serviteur sera guéri.
GermanDer Hauptmann antwortete und sprach: HERR, ich bin nicht wert, daß du unter mein Dach gehest; sondern sprich nur ein Wort, so wird mein Knecht gesund.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Tidak usah Pak," jawab perwira itu, "Saya tidak patut menerima Bapak di rumah saya. Bapak perintahkan saja. Nanti pelayan saya itu sembuh.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi sahut penghulu itu, katanya, "Ya Tuhan, sahaya tiada layak, bahwa Tuhan masuk ke dalam rumah sahaya; hanya katakanlah sepatah kata sahaja, niscaya budak sahaya akan sembuh.
ItalianMa il centurione riprese: «Signore, io non son degno che tu entri sotto il mio tetto, dì soltanto una parola e il mio servo sarà guarito.
LatvianVirsnieks atbildçdams sacîja: Kungs, es neesmu cienîgs, ka Tu nâc zem mana jumta, bet saki tikai vârdu, un mans kalps kïûs vesels.
Manx GaelicAs dreggyr yn centurion, gra, Hiarn, cha vel mee feeu oo dy heet stiagh fo my chlea: agh ynrycan loayr y fockle, as bee my harvaant er ny lheihys.
MaoriNa ko te whakahokinga a te keneturio, ko te meatanga, E te Ariki, ehara ahau i te tikanga tangata e haere ake ai koe ki raro i toku tuanui; engari kia puaki kau tau kupu, a ka ora taku pononga.
NorwegianMen høvedsmannen svarte og sa: Herre! Jeg er for ringe til at du skal gå inn under mitt tak; men si bare et ord, så blir min dreng helbredet!
PortugueseO centurião, porém, replicou-lhe: Senhor, não sou digno de que entres debaixo do meu telhado; mas somente dize uma palavra, e o meu criado há de sarar.   
Rumanian,,Doamne``, a rqspuns sutawul, ,,nu sknt vrednic sq intri supt acoperemkntul meu; ci zi numai un cuvknt, wi robul meu va fi tqmqduit.
RussianуПФОЙЛ ЦЕ, ПФЧЕЮБС, УЛБЪБМ: зПУРПДЙ! С ОЕДПУФПЙО, ЮФПВЩ фЩ ЧПЫЕМ РПД ЛТПЧ НПК, ОП УЛБЦЙ ФПМШЛП УМПЧП, Й ЧЩЪДПТПЧЕЕФ УМХЗБ НПК;
ShuarTutai Kapitián Tímiayi "Uuntá, Ame ti nankaamaku asam winia Jearuí wayachminiaitme. Ayatik "Pénker Ajástí" Tákumin winia uchir pénker ajatrustatui.
SwahiliHuyo ofisa akamwambia, "Mheshimiwa, sistahili uingie nyumbani mwangu. Lakini sema tu neno, na mtumishi wangu atapona.
SwedishHövitsmannen svarade och sade: "Herre, jag är icke värdig att du går in under mitt tak. Men säg allenast ett ord, så bliver min tjänare frisk.
UmaNatompoi' tadulako tantara toei: "Tuama, aku' toi-le, bela-a to Yahudi, uma-a-kuna natao nupencuai'. Nau' hamela-wadi lolita nu'uli', mo'uri' -i mpai' batua-ku.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Well

Derivations

Words beginning with "well": welladay, welladays, wellaway, wellaways, wellborn, wellcurb, wellcurbs, welldoer, welldoers, welled, wellhead, wellheads, wellhole, wellholes, wellie, wellies, welling, wellness, wellnesses, wells, wellsite, wellsites, wellspring, wellsprings, welly. (additional references)

Words ending with "well": bridewell, dwell, farewell, gromwell, groundswell, indwell, inkwell, maxwell, speedwell, stairwell, swell, unwell, upswell, upwell. (additional references)

Words containing "well": bejewelled, bejewelling, bowelled, bowelless, bowelling, bridewells, disbowelled, disbowelling, disembowelled, disembowelling, dowelled, dowelling, dwelled, dweller, dwellers, dwelling, dwellings, dwells, embowelled, embowelling, farewelled, farewelling, farewells, gromwells, groundswells, indweller, indwellers, indwelling, indwells, inkwells, jewelled, jeweller, jewelleries, jewellers, jewellery, jewellike, jewelling, maxwells, rowelled, rowelling, speedwells, stairwells, swelled, sweller, swellest, swellfish, swellfishes, swellhead, swellheaded, swellheadedness, swellheadednesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Well" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ewl, hwel, kwell, qell, qwell, qwill, rwell, uell, weil, wel, wela, wele, wella, welle, welly, welo, welp, welq, wenl, werl, weyl, whell, wielk, wil, willa, willl, Willm, Wle, wll, wlly, woel, wolp, wolq, wreel, wrelp, wul, wulle, wyl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Well"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "well" (pronounced we"l)
3w e" ldwell, farewell, swell, quell.
2-e" lbedel, befell, Bel, bell, Belle, cartel, Carvel, Cel, cell, clientele, compel, del, dell, dispel, El, Ell, Excel, expel, fell, ferrel, foretell, gazelle, gel, hell, hotel, impel, spell, Tel, tell, jell, knell, lapel, Mademoiselle, Marcel, materiel, Mel, Mell, misspell, Morel, motel, Noel, nouvelle, outsell, pastel, personnel, propel, repel, resell, retell, sell, Selle, shell, smell, Snell, yell.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Well

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-l-w"

-1 letter: ell.

-2 letters: el, we.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-l-w"
 

+1 letter: dwell, swell, wells, welly.

 

+2 letters: bellow, dwells, fellow, lewdly, mellow, swells, unwell, upwell, walled, wallet, wallie, welled, wellie, willed, willer, willet, yellow.

 

+3 letters: allowed, bellows, cowbell, dewfall, dwelled, dweller, fellows, flyblew, indwell, inkwell, lawless, lawlike, lowlier, lowlife, maxwell, mellows, owllike, seawall, swelled, sweller, swilled, swiller, swollen, twilled, upswell, upwells, wallets, walleye, wallies, wellies, welling, willers, willets, willied, willies, woolled, woollen, yellows, yellowy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Names: Company Usage
19. Expressions
20. Expressions: Internet
21. Translations: Modern
22. Translations: Ancient
23. Bible Trace
24. Abbreviations
25. Acronyms
26. Derivations
27. Rhymes
28. Anagrams
29. Bibliography


  

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