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well English

Meaning well meaning

What does well mean?
Definitions in simple English

well

In a good way. He washed the table very well, so now it is very clean.

well

A hole in the ground for getting water or oil. There was no river nearby, so they dug a well to get water.

well

(= good) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well') the children behaved well a task well done the party went well he slept well a well-argued thesis a well-seasoned dish a well-planned party the baby can walk pretty good 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 (= easily) 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 a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully a book well worth reading was well aware of the difficulties ahead suspected only too well what might be going on favorably; with approval their neighbors spoke well of them he thought well of the book 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 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 wise or advantageous and hence advisable it would be well to start early come up, as of a liquid Tears well in her eyes the currents well up (= good) resulting favorably it's 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 (= considerably, substantially) 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 with great or especially intimate knowledge we knew them well a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid with skill or in a pleasing manner she dances well he writes well with prudence or propriety You would do well to say nothing more could not well refuse (= comfortably) in financial comfort They live well she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died (= advantageously) in a manner affording benefit or advantage she married well The children were settled advantageously in Seattle without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor took the joke well took the tragic news well 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 an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) an abundant source she was a well of information

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Conjugation well conjugation

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Simple sentences

My mom doesn't speak English very well.
I hope that you will get well soon.
Well do I remember the day you were born.
I hope you are all well.
You might as well wait until Tuesday.
Someone who knows English well must have written this.
There was no water in the well.
Mary can dance well.
Well, just you wait and see.
Well, let's have lunch.
These scissors cut well.
You may as well say it to him in advance.
You may as well wait here.
My father knows your mother very well.
My mother doesn't speak English very well.
I don't speak French well enough!
Well, the night is quite long, isn't it?
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
I don't feel well.
I'm not feeling well.
He plays the piano very well.
It's well done.
You will do well to leave him.
You may as well withdraw from the club right away.
You never listen. I might as well talk to the wall.
You would do well to tell it to him in advance.
You may as well follow his advice.
You may as well leave at once.

Movie subtitles

I also clean and do laundry extremely well.
Later, I probably can raise babies well.
Well, we have to go there and see? but I'll be a good match for a husband.
You find it well.
People live in poverty, But I hope she's living well!
For giving birth to me, and raising me up so well.
The virus does not spread well.
You flew over us several times, You know very well where we are.
It's quite an inconvenience for us as well.
Well, it looks like he was thoroughly investigated, thanks to that incident with Zero.
Well, I like them, but.
Well then, please come with me for a little bit!
Did you accept Euphy's future from the standpoint of a public official as well?
Well, not any more.
Apparently on lack of evidence. Well, it looks like he was thoroughly investigated, thanks to that incident with Zero.
Uh, yes. Well then, please come with me for a little bit!
There were a couple of other students as well.
Well, that was not too difficult, a quick, simple, calculation.
Well, I remind you of the Doppler effect that everybody knows from a passing police car or ambulance.
You speak French well.
That doesn't bode well.
Don't forget, Hubert, that the emir is a prophet as well as a military man and a poet.
Don't worry, I'll treat you well.
Well.
Of course. Well, she's more than my servant.
You're well informed.
Well, let me take a look at 'em.
Well, I'll see what I can do.
Well, maybe if I had a bunch of flying reindeer, then maybe it wouldn't be so hard for me to get the product into the yard.
Well, I used to go to school here when I was a kid.
Uh, well.
Well, then, why would you do that to me?
Well, I was just trying to figure out how your brother's still getting PBJs into the yard even after Pork Chop got busted.
Well, it's been nice working with you.
Well, I saw what was happening when the wrong people ran it.
Well. he was a little.
Well, you're scared of the Ogopogo.
Well, the Ogopogo's a 100- foot-long sea monster, you idiot!
Okay, well, I wanted to talk to you about soccer.
Well, it's not exactly a done deal yet.

News and current affairs

But if real interest rates rise significantly, as well they might someday, gold prices could plummet.
Yet 2008-2009, like 1989, may very well correspond to an epochal change, whose unfolding consequences will be felt for decades.
It cannot be the same as the 1945 consensus, but we would do well, on this anniversary, to remember why that consensus was forged in the first place.
Military force has played a role as well.
That augurs well for a more rational and constructive Sino-American dialogue on global imbalances, which would certainly benefit the global economy.
For almost two generations, Abba Eban was Israel's voice - its messenger to the high and mighty among the nations as well as to the Jewish people all over the world.
He could hardly have been held responsible for the hubris which led to the avalanche of 1973, yet it nonetheless brought him down as well.
The idea of normalizing relations with Israel has incited fierce hostility among some imams in the mosques as well as on the Internet.
How it is received may not only determine the state of Israel-Palestine negotiations for a considerable time to come, but Saudi Arabia's domestic peace as well.
New thinking is required to manage these massive and systemic changes, as well as the integration of giants like China and India into the modern world.
Expansion will also create a better Europe because enlargement widens the territory in which countries are committed to NATO's political values, including individual rights as well as the rights of minorities.
For the really hard work is only now beginning: dealing with all the internal practical and political problems that these enlargements will bring, as well as reckoning with countries in the membership waiting rooms, in particular Russia.
The next hurdle is to support Kalingrad's fight against disease and crime as well as strengthening its economic and social structures.
Moreover, the alternatives to nuclear energy - and to fossil fuels - are well known and technically much more advanced and sustainable.
This incremental approach has worked well in the past; indeed, today's European Union resulted from it.
These are some of the poorest households in the world, and, ironically, some of the hungriest as well, despite being food producers.
A well-designed fund would slow or stop deforestation, preserve biodiversity, and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide the burning of cleared forests.
Politicians don't listen very well to individual scientists, but they are forced to listen when hundreds of scientists speak with a united voice.

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