Well Definition
- In addition; also:
mentioned other matters as well.
- With equal effect:
I might as well go.
- In a position to influence or be favored by:
He's in well with management.
- besides; in addition
- with equal justification, propriety, or effect; equally
- in addition to
- to wish success or good fortune for someone
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Well
- as well
- in well with
- as well
- as well as
- wish someone well
Origin of Well
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From Middle English wel, wal, wol, wele, from Old English wel, wæl, well (“well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, *walō (“well”, literally “as wished, as desired”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“wish, desire”), *wol-. Cognate with Scots wele, weil (“well”), North Frisian wel, weil, wal (“well”), West Frisian wol (“well”), Dutch wel (“well”), Low German wol (“well”), German wol, wohl (“well”), Danish vel (“well”), Swedish väl (“well”), Icelandic vel, val (“well”). Non-Germanic cognate include Albanian vallë (“well, perhaps, wishfully”). Related to will.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English weallan. Cognate with German wallen (“boil, seethe”), Danish vælde (“gush”), Albanian valoj (“I boil, seethe”).
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Middle English welle from Old English wel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English wel from Old English wel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English well (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wall-.
From Wiktionary
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