See hold good on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From hold (“to maintain in being or action; to continue; to sustain”) + good.",
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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "holding good",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
},
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}
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},
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis": "80 20",
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"_dis": "86 14",
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"_dis": "91 9",
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},
{
"_dis": "84 16",
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},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That explanation does not hold good in this matter.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The law holds not good for them.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continue being true or valid; to hold true."
],
"id": "en-hold_good-en-verb-1zyHMnXh",
"links": [
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"true",
"true#Adjective"
],
[
"valid",
"valid"
],
[
"hold true",
"hold true"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hold"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to continue being true or valid — see also hold true",
"word": "gælde"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alithévei",
"sense": "to continue being true or valid — see also hold true",
"word": "αληθεύει"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IV, pages 50–51:",
"text": "She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remain effective, fast, or secure."
],
"id": "en-hold_good-en-verb-mWTFAEnt",
"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"effective",
"effective"
],
[
"fast",
"fast#Adjective"
],
[
"secure",
"secure#Adjective"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌhəʊld ˈɡʊd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌhoʊld ˈɡʊd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊd"
}
],
"word": "hold good"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ʊd",
"Rhymes:English/ʊd/2 syllables",
"Terms with Danish translations",
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"etymology_text": "From hold (“to maintain in being or action; to continue; to sustain”) + good.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "holds good",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "holding good",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "held good",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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"form": "held good",
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{
"text": "That explanation does not hold good in this matter.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The law holds not good for them.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continue being true or valid; to hold true."
],
"links": [
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"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"true",
"true#Adjective"
],
[
"valid",
"valid"
],
[
"hold true",
"hold true"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hold"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
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},
{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IV, pages 50–51:",
"text": "She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! / She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood! / They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years, / Till, now, on the stroke of midnight, / Cold, on the stroke of midnight, / The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remain effective, fast, or secure."
],
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[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"effective",
"effective"
],
[
"fast",
"fast#Adjective"
],
[
"secure",
"secure#Adjective"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌhəʊld ˈɡʊd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌhoʊld ˈɡʊd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊd"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to continue being true or valid — see also hold true",
"word": "gælde"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alithévei",
"sense": "to continue being true or valid — see also hold true",
"word": "αληθεύει"
}
],
"word": "hold good"
}
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