What does well mean?
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What does well mean? - The Free Dictionary
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(Tears well in her eyes the currents well up)
(appears to be entirely well the wound is nearly well a well man I think I'm well; at least I feel 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)
(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)
(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)
(she was a well of information)
(it would be well to start early)
(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 book well worth reading was well aware of the difficulties ahead suspected only too well what might be going on)
(the project was well underway the fetus has well developed organs his father was well pleased with his grades)
(their neighbors spoke well of them he thought well of the book)
(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)
(we knew them well)
(You would do well to say nothing more could not well refuse)
(she dances well he writes well)
(she married well The children were settled advantageously in Seattle)
(They live well she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died)
(took the joke well took the tragic news well)
Other vocabulary
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A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.
There is also a contrast between prescriptive or descriptive dictionaries; the former reflect what is seen as correct use of the language while the latter reflect recorded actual use. Stylistic indications (e.g. "informal" or "vulgar") in many modern dictionaries are also considered by some to be less than objectively descriptive.
The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.
