good word
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3.5
- noun
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buena noticia
- Spread the good word, girl.
- spread the good word
- put in a good word
But look, this guy's putting out really good word.
- But look, this guy's putting out really good word.
Examples
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What's the good word, Lou?
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You are all missionaries delivering the good word to the heathens.
Blog text (24) -
I mean, since you were so kind to put in a good word for him at work and everything.
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"Spread the good word about how brilliant we all are.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Big man, what's the good word? - Hey.
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- What's the good word, Vargas?
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What's the good word?
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What's the good word?
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Afterward, if you still need convincing about the centrality of evangelism in discipleship, read this good word from Brian Parks in the latest 9Marks Journal.
Blog text (18) -
The community gathered to hear the pastor share the good word about hope and love.
Synonyms
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1.0
Information that makes you feel happy or hopeful
A message that gives good news to people
Antonyms
How Positive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'good' (positive) + 'word' (message/information), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'good word' as positive news or a favourable report. This adjective + noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase good word may also come from the idea of a word as a short message brought by a messenger. When the message was good, people called it the 'good word', so the phrase means 'good news'.