well

/wel/

Thân thiện

The children behaved well at the restaurant.

Definition

1. Adverb:

   • In a good, satisfactory, or pleasing manner: Used to describe how an action is performed to a high standard or with a positive result.
   • Thoroughly or completely: Used to indicate that an action is done to a full extent.
   • To a great extent or degree: Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
   • With good reason; reasonably; probably: Used to indicate that something is likely or logical.
   • In a comfortable or prosperous manner: Used to describe living conditions.

2. Adjective:

   • In good health; not ill: Describes a person's physical state.
   • Satisfactory, pleasing, or good: Describes a state or condition.
   • Advisable or prudent: Used to describe a wise course of action.

3. Noun:

   • A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, or gas.
   • A source of abundant supply: Used figuratively.
   • An enclosed compartment or shaft in a structure.

4. Verb:

   • (Of a liquid) To rise to the surface and flow out or up.

5. Interjection:

   • Used to express surprise, resignation, or to introduce a remark: Used at the beginning of speech.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:

  • She sings well. (She has good singing ability.)
  • Mix the ingredients well. (Mix them thoroughly.)
  • The project is well over budget. (The project exceeds the budget by a large amount.)
  • You may well be right. (It is quite probable that you are right.)
  • They live well. (They live in a comfortable, prosperous manner.)

• Adjective:

  • I don't feel well today. (I do not feel healthy.)
  • All is well. (Everything is satisfactory.)
  • It would be well to check the details. (It would be advisable to check.)

• Noun:

  • They dug a well for water. (They dug a hole to access groundwater.)
  • She is a well of information. (She is a rich source of knowledge.)

• Verb:

  • Tears welled in her eyes. (Tears rose and gathered in her eyes.)

• Interjection:

  • Well, I never expected that! (Expressing surprise.)
  • Well, let's get started. (Introducing or resuming a topic.)

Advanced Usage

• "As well": Also; in addition.
  • He is a teacher and a writer as well.
• "As well as": In addition to; and also.
  • She speaks French as well as Spanish.
• "May/might/could well": Used to say something is likely.
  • It may well rain later.
• "Do well": To be successful or prosperous.
  • He has done well in his career.
• "Well and truly": Completely; beyond doubt.
  • The project is well and truly finished.

Variants and Related Words

• Well-being (n): The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.
• Well-known (adj): Widely or generally known.
• Well-off (adj): Wealthy; prosperous.
• Well-read (adj): Having read many books; knowledgeable.
• Well-wisher (n): A person who desires happiness or success for another.

Synonyms

• Adverb: Skillfully, proficiently, thoroughly, properly, satisfactorily, probably, rightly.
• Adjective: Healthy, fit, fine, satisfactory, advisable.
• Noun: Spring, fountain, source, shaft.
• Verb: Surge, rise, flow, gush.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Well up: (Of an emotion) to become increasingly intense, often to the point of overflowing.
  • Sadness welled up inside her.
• Well over: To overflow.
  • The river welled over its banks.

Related Idioms

• All's well that ends well: A problematic situation has been resolved satisfactorily.
  • We had many difficulties, but all's well that ends well.
• Leave well enough alone: To avoid changing something that is already satisfactory.
  • The design works, so let's leave well enough alone.
• Well-heeled: Wealthy; affluent.
  • They live in a well-heeled neighborhood.
• Well-to-do: Prosperous; wealthy.
  • He comes from a well-to-do family.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
   • took the joke well
   • took the tragic news well
2. in financial comfort
   • They live well
   • she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
3. in a manner affording benefit or advantage
   • she married well
   • The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
4. with skill or in a pleasing manner
   • she dances well
   • he writes well
5. with prudence or propriety
   • You would do well to say nothing more
   • could not well refuse
6. with great or especially intimate knowledge
   • we knew them well
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. favorably; with approval
   • their neighbors spoke well of them
   • he thought well of the book
9. 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
10. (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
11. 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
12. 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
13. (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

Noun

1. 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
2. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
3. an abundant source
   • she was a well of information
4. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
5. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

Verb

1. come up, as of a liquid
   • Tears well in her eyes
   • the currents well up

Adjective

1. wise or advantageous and hence advisable
   • it would be well to start early
2. 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
3. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; at least I feel well"
   • appears to be entirely well
   • the wound is nearly well
   • a well man
   • I think I'm well

Từ đồng nghĩa

• comfortably
• advantageously
• intimately
• considerably
• substantially
• easily
• good
• wellspring
• fountainhead
• swell
• well