WELL MEANING

Meaning of WELL MEANING in English

adjective

intending to do what is right and helpful but often not succeeding

SYN well intentioned :

a well-meaning attempt to be helpful

He's very well meaning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

WELL-MEANING — adjective Date: 15th century having good intentions , based on good intentions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WELL-MEANING — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Middle English wel-mening, from wel well + mening, present participle of menen to intend — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — (a.) Having a good intention.
Английский словарь Webster
WELL-MEANING — ( a. ) Having a good intention.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — /wel"mee"ning/ , adj. 1. meaning or intending well; having good intentions: a well-meaning but tactless person. 2. Also, well-meant /wel"ment"/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — adj. with good intentions
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WELL-MEANING — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : having good intentions well-meaning but misguided idealists 2. : based on good intentions well-meaning …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WELL-MEANING — adj having a good intention.
Webster English vocab
WELL-MEANING — Pronunciation: - ' m ē -ni ŋ Function: adjective Date: 15th century 1 : having good intentions < well-meaning but …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WELL MEANING — (also well meant ) ■ adjective having good intentions but not necessarily the desired effect.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WELL-MEANING — [well-mean.ing] adj (1532) 1: having good intentions "~ but misguided idealists" 2: based on good intentions "~ advice"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WELL-MEANING — well-meaning BrE AmE ˌwel ˈmiːn ɪŋ ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — ˌwell-ˈmeaning BrE AmE adjective intending to be helpful, but not succeeding: A lot of problems can be caused by well-meaning …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WELL MEANING — see well-meaning
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — also well meaning If you say that a person or their actions are well-meaning , you mean that they intend …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WELL MEANING — see well-meaning
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WELL-MEANING — also well meaning If you say that a person or their actions are ~, you mean that they intend to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WELL-MEANING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN people ▪ In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL-MEANING — Synonyms and related words : agreeable, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, brotherly, congenial, cooperative, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, harmonious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WELL-MEANING — a. Well-intentioned.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WELL-MEANING — See ↑ INTEND/NOT INTEND 6
Longman Activator English vocab
WELL-MEANING — прил. имеющий хорошие намерения; благонамеренный действующий из лучших побуждений
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WELL-MEANING — = well-intentioned
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WELL-MEANING — прил.действующий из лучших побуждений, исполненный благих намерений
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WELL MEANING — (a) действующий из лучших побуждений
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WELL-MEANING — = well-intentioned
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WELL-MEANING — = well-intentioned
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WELL-MEANING — прил. действующий из лучших побуждений, исполненный благих намерений
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WELL-MEANING — прил. действующий из лучших побуждений, исполненный благих намерений
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WELL-MEANING — _a. имеющий хорошие намерения; благонамеренный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WELL-MEANING — a. имеющий хорошие намерения; благонамеренный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WELL-MEANING — имеющий хорошие намерения; благонамеренный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WELL-MEANING — = well-intentioned
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
WELL-MEANING — = well-intentioned
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
WELL-MEANING — прил. имеющий хорошие намерения; благонамеренный действующий из лучших побуждений
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEANING — In philosophy and linguistics, the sense of a linguistic expression, sometimes understood in contrast to its referent. For example, the …
Английский словарь Британика
WELL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEANING — I. ˈmēniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English mening, from gerund of menen to intend — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WELL — well 1 /wel/ , adv., adj., compar. better , superl. best , interj., n. adv. 1. in a good or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEANING — — meaningly , adv. — meaningness , n. /mee"ning/ , n. 1. what is intended to be, or actually is, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WELL — I. ˈwel noun Etymology: Middle English welle, from Old English; akin to Old English weallan to bubble, boil, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEANING — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. : the thing one intends to convey especially by language : purport b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEANING — noun sense; power of thinking. 2. meaning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of mean. 3. meaning ·noun that which is meant or …
Webster English vocab
MEANING — meaning BrE AmE ˈmiːn ɪŋ ▷ meaning|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WELL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEANING — / ˈmiːnɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun OF SOUND / WORD / SIGN 1. meaning (of sth) [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WELL — I. well 1 S1 W1 /wel/ BrE AmE adverb ( comparative better /ˈbetə $ -ər/, superlative best /best/) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEANING — mean ‧ ing S2 W1 /ˈmiːnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ meaningful , ↑ meaningless ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WELL — adv., adj., & int. --adv. (better, best) 1 in a satisfactory way (you have worked well). 2 in the right …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WELL — adv., adj., & int. adv. (better, best) 1 in a satisfactory way (you have worked well). 2 in the right …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WELL — 1. adv., adj., & int. --adv. (better, best) 1. in a satisfactory way (you have worked well). 2 in the …
Oxford English vocab
WELL — I. DISCOURSE USES /wel/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Well' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEANING — ( meanings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The meaning of a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEANING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEANING — [noun]The meaning of something is what it expresses or represents.The word 'flight' has two different meanings : a plane journey, …
Cambridge English vocab
MEANING — n. In philosophy and linguistics, the sense of a linguistic expression, sometimes understood in contrast to its referent. For example, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MEANING — Synonyms and related words : acceptation, aim, allegory, allusion, ambition, animus, arcane meaning, aspiration, assumption, balefulness, banefulness, bodefulness, characterization, coloration, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WELL — n. as well as well as ne'er do well well behaved well being well bred well conditioned well developed well …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MEANING — noun 1 what sth means ADJECTIVE ▪ clear , exact , precise ▪ The context makes the ~ clear. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MEANING — See ↑ MEANING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ double meaning/entendre
Longman Activator English vocab
MEANING — INDEX: 1. the meaning of something 2. the main meaning of something 3. to have a particular meaning 4. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
WELL — n. 25B6; adverb please behave well : SATISFACTORILY, nicely, correctly, properly, fittingly, suitably, appropriately. they get on well together : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEANING — n. 25B6; noun the meaning of his remark : SIGNIFICANCE, sense, signification, import, gist, thrust, drift, implication, tenor, message, essence, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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