"be good for" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is good for [present, singular, third-person], being good for [participle, present], was good for [past], been good for [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> good for}} be good for (third-person singular simple present is good for, present participle being good for, simple past was good for, past participle been good for)
  1. (This entry is a translation hub.) To be fit, to be useful. Translations (be fit): käydä (Finnish), sopia (Finnish), taugen zu (German), gut sein zu (German), (Hungarian), megfelel (Hungarian), alkalmas (Hungarian), giovare (Italian), годи́ться (godítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), пригоди́ться (prigodítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), servir para (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-be_good_for-en-verb-jLWFNxgH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Translation hubs

Inflected forms

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