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Prepositional phrase [English]

IPA: /fə ˈɡʊd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fəɹ ˈɡʊd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-for good.ogg , En-au-for good.ogg
Rhymes: -ʊd Etymology: From for + good (“of an action: complete, thorough, utter”, adjective). Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} for good, {{en-PP}} for good
  1. (idiomatic) In a way that is conclusive and final. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: definitively, forever, for good and all, once and for all, permanently, finally Hyponyms: for keeps Related terms: for better or worse Translations (in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all): завинаги (zavinagi) (Bulgarian), d'una vegada per totes (Catalan), nadobro (Czech), navždy (Czech), for altid (Danish), for evigt (Danish), voorgoed (Dutch), lopullisesti (Finnish), pysyvästi (Finnish), pour de bon (French), définitivement (French), de vez (Galician), para sempre (Galician), სამუდამოდ (samudamod) (Georgian), auf ewig (German), endgültig (German), für immer (German), για τα καλά (gia ta kalá) (Greek), egyszer s mindenkorra (Hungarian), örökre (Hungarian), végleg (Hungarian), véglegesen (Hungarian), definitivamente (Italian), per sempre (Italian), 永遠に (eien ni) (Japanese), 永久に (eikyu ni) (Japanese), for godt (Norwegian Bokmål), for godt (Norwegian Nynorsk), for ollo (Norwegian Nynorsk), na dobre (Polish), de vez (Portuguese), em definitivo (Portuguese), eternamente (Portuguese), para sempre (Portuguese), наве́ки (navéki) (Russian), навсегда́ (navsegdá) (Russian), јѐдно̄м за сва̏гда [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), за̀увије̄к [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), jèdnōm za svȁgda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zàuvijēk [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), con toda la barba (Spanish), definitivamente (Spanish), de una vez por todas (Spanish), para siempre (Spanish), för gott (Swedish), för alltid (Swedish), för evigt (Swedish), назавжди́ (nazavždý) (Ukrainian), am byth (Welsh)
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          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 207:",
          "text": "Well, now, I'm no scholar, and you're a lad as can read and figure; and, to put it straight, do you take it as a dead man is dead for good, or do he come alive again?",
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          "ref": "1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXXII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 540:",
          "text": "What I want is to get out of this fix, for good—so I can go to sleep at night without worrying over what's going to happen to me tomorrow, and next month, and next year.",
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          "ref": "1971 March 19, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “Famous Blue Raincoat”, in Songs of Love and Hate, New York, N.Y.: Columbia Records, →OCLC; lyrics republished in Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart, 1993, →ISBN, page 153:",
          "text": "Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes. I thought it was there for good so I never tried.",
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          "ref": "2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, →ISBN, book 3:",
          "text": "He […] unbuttons the bottom of his jacket so the rumors can be dispelled for good: he no longer wears his double belts.",
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          "word": "de vez"
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          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 207:",
          "text": "Well, now, I'm no scholar, and you're a lad as can read and figure; and, to put it straight, do you take it as a dead man is dead for good, or do he come alive again?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXXII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 540:",
          "text": "What I want is to get out of this fix, for good—so I can go to sleep at night without worrying over what's going to happen to me tomorrow, and next month, and next year.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971 March 19, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “Famous Blue Raincoat”, in Songs of Love and Hate, New York, N.Y.: Columbia Records, →OCLC; lyrics republished in Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart, 1993, →ISBN, page 153:",
          "text": "Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes. I thought it was there for good so I never tried.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, →ISBN, book 3:",
          "text": "He […] unbuttons the bottom of his jacket so the rumors can be dispelled for good: he no longer wears his double belts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a way that is conclusive and final."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "for keeps"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "conclusive",
          "conclusive"
        ],
        [
          "final",
          "final#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In a way that is conclusive and final."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "definitively"
        },
        {
          "word": "forever"
        },
        {
          "word": "for good and all"
        },
        {
          "word": "once and for all"
        },
        {
          "word": "permanently"
        },
        {
          "word": "finally"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fə ˈɡʊd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəɹ ˈɡʊd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʊd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavinagi",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "завинаги"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "d'una vegada per totes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "nadobro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "navždy"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "for altid"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "for evigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "voorgoed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "lopullisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "pysyvästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "pour de bon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "définitivement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "de vez"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "para sempre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samudamod",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "სამუდამოდ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "auf ewig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "endgültig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "für immer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gia ta kalá",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "για τα καλά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "egyszer s mindenkorra"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "örökre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "végleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "véglegesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "definitivamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "per sempre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eien ni",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "永遠に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eikyu ni",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "永久に"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "for godt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "for godt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "for ollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "na dobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "de vez"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "em definitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "eternamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "para sempre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navéki",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "наве́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navsegdá",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "навсегда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "јѐдно̄м за сва̏гда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "за̀увије̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "jèdnōm za svȁgda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "zàuvijēk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "con toda la barba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "definitivamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "de una vez por todas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "para siempre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "för gott"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "för alltid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "för evigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nazavždý",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "назавжди́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "in a way that is conclusive and final — see also once and for all",
      "word": "am byth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for good"
}

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