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Definition: Good Word |
Good WordNoun1. Something that recommends (or expresses commendation). 2. Good news. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Good WordSynonyms: recommendation (n), testimonial (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium; eloge, panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison. |
Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. | |
Vindication | Advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Good Word |
| English words defined with "good word": behalf. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "good word": CORBETT ♦ lexicographer ♦ Obsolete. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Cruel, but good word use. (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods. For your lexicographer, having written his dictionary, comes to be considered "as one having authority," whereas his function is only to make a record, not to give a law. The natural servility of the human understanding having invested him with judicial power, surrenders its right of reason and submits itself to a chronicle as if it were a statue. Let the dictionary (for example) mark a good word as "obsolete" or "obsolescent" and few men thereafter venture to use it, whatever their need of it and however desirable its restoration to favor -- whereby the process of improverishment is accelerated and speech decays. On the contrary, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense, has no following and is tartly reminded that "it isn't in the dictionary" -- although down to the time of the first lexicographer (Heaven forgive him!) no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary. In the golden prime and high noon of English speech; when from the lips of the great Elizabethans fell words that made their own meaning and carried it in their very sound; when a Shakespeare and a Bacon were possible, and the language now rapidly perishing at one end and slowly renewed at the other was in vigorous growth and hardy preservation -- sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion -- the lexicographer was a person unknown, the dictionary a creation which his Creator had not created him to create. God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a swarm! Thought fled and left her clothing, which they took, And catalogued each garment in a book. Now, from her leafy covert when she cries: "Give me my clothes and I'll return," they rise And scan the list, and say without compassion: "Excuse us -- they are mostly out of fashion." Sigismund Smith |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bono | Investment in the future. Help is a good word. And I know if Americans understand that their money is going to be spent well, they are ready to step up to the plate. |
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Expressions using "good word": put in a good word ♦ put in a good word for ♦ say a good word for. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "good word"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подкрепям с думи (put in a good word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | přimluvit se za (put in a good word for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szót emel vki mellett (to give sy one's good word), szól egy jó szót vki érdekében (to give sy one's good word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 口添え (putting in a good word for someone, recommendation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くちぞえ (putting in a good word for someone, recommendation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oodgay ordway pune o vorbã bunã pentru (say a good word for). (various references) พู"สนับสนุน (put a good word in for someone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | hûxta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 16, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Sunisthmi de umin foibhn thn adelfhn hmwn ousan diakonon thV ekklhsiaV thV en kegcreaiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Commendo autem vobis Phoebem sororem nostram quae est in ministerio ecclesiae quae est Cenchris |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic here eow ure swuster Phoebe þe is þeow þære cyrice on Cencream. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y comende to you Feben, oure sister, which is in the seruyce of the chirche that is at Teucris, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I commede vnto you Phebe oure sister (which is a minister of the congregacion of Chenchrea) |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I commend to you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae: |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 16, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ipailaila ko diha kaninyo si Febe nga atong igsoong babaye, usa ka alagad sa iglesia sa Cencrea, |
| Croatian | Preporuèujem vam Febu, sestru našu, poslužiteljicu Crkve u Kenhreji: |
| Danish | Men jeg anbefaler eder Føbe, vor Søster, som er Tjenerinde ved Menighed i Kenkreæ, |
| Dutch | En ik beveel u Febe, onze zuster, die een dienares is der Gemeente, die te Kenchreen is; |
| Finnish | Minä suljen teidän suosioonne sisaremme Foiben, joka on Kenkrean seurakunnan palvelija, |
| French | Je vous recommande Phoebé, notre soeur, qui est diaconesse de l`Église de Cenchrées, |
| German | Ich befehle euch aber unsere Schwester Phöbe, welche ist im Dienste der Gemeinde zu Kenchreä, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya ingin memperkenalkan saudari kita, Febe. Ia membantu jemaat di Kengkrea. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka aku pertaruhkan kepadamu Pebe, saudara kita yang perempuan ini, yang menjadi pelayan sidang jemaat di Kenkeria itu. |
| Italian | Vi raccomando Febe, nostra sorella, diaconessa della Chiesa di Cencre: |
| Latvian | Un es jums ieteicu Fçbu, mûsu mâsu, kas kalpo Kenhrejas baznîcâ. |
| Maori | ¶ Tena to matou tuahine, a Pipi, te tukua atu na e ahau ki a koutou, he kaimahi ia na te hahi i Kenekerea: |
| Norwegian | Jeg anbefaler eder Føbe, vår søster, som er menighets-tjenerinne i Kenkreæ, |
| Portuguese | Recomendo-vos a nossa irmã Febe, que é serva da igreja que está em Cencréia; |
| Russian | рТЕ"УФБЧМСА ЧБН жЙЧХ, УЕУФТХ ОБЫХ, "ЙБЛПОЙУУХ "ЕТЛЧЙ лЕОИТЕКУЛПК. |
| Shuar | ¶ Ii umai Jépeka Senkrea péprunmaya Yus-shuaran Yáiniaiti. Ti penker Yus-shuaraiti. |
| Spanish | Os recomiendo a nuestra hermana Febe, diaconisa de la iglesia que está en Cencrea, |
| Swahili | Napenda kumjulisha kwenu dada yetu Foibe ambaye ni mtumishi katika kanisa la Kenkrea. |
| Swedish | Anbefallning för Febe. Hälsningar. Varning för falska lärare. Slutord. |
| Uma | ¶ Hante sura-ku toi, kupopo'incai-koi kahema-nai Febe. Hi'a-mi ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta to mpotulungi topetuku' Pue' Yesus hi ngata Kengkrea. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-g-o-o-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: dogwood. | |
-4 letters: dodo, door, good, gowd, grow, odor, ordo, rood, wood, word. | |
-5 letters: dog, dor, dow, god, goo, gor, odd, rod, row, wog, woo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-g-o-o-o-r-w" | |
+2 letters: groundwood. | |
+3 letters: groundwoods. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Bible Trace 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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