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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

I. well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADJ

1. well (in good health):

II. well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADV

1. well (satisfactorily):

well treat, behave, feed, eat, sleep, perform etc
to work well person:
to work well system:
well done!
well played!

3. well (intensifier):

well
she is well over 30

4. well (approvingly):

5. well:

I wish you well of it! iron

7. well Brit inf:

it was well good! or well bad! (in approval)

III. well1 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] INTERJ

well, I think so
well, well, well, if it isn't my aunt Violet!
well, well, well, so you're off to America?

IV. well1 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl]

all's well that ends well prov
to be well in with sb inf
être bien avec qn inf
to be well up in sth
to leave well alone Brit or well enough alone Am (not get involved)

I. well2 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] N

1. well (sunk in ground):

well

2. well (pool):

well

3. well CONSTR (shaft for stairs, lift):

well

4. well Brit LAW (in law court):

well

II. well2 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] VB intr

well → well up

See also

well up VB [Brit wɛl -, Am wɛl -]

get well ADJ

get well card, wishes:

well-formed [Brit wɛlˈfɔːmd] ADJ

1. well-formed mouth, nose, features:

2. well-formed LING:

well-preserved ADJ

well-padded ADJ inf, hum

well-padded person:

well-qualified ADJ

well-paid ADJ

well-paid person, job:

well-set ADJ

well-set person:

well-set

well-wisher [Brit ˈwɛlwɪʃə, Am ˈwɛlˌwɪʃər] N

well-wisher POL

in the PONS Dictionary

I. well1 <better, best> [wel] ADJ

all is well

II. well1 <better, best> [wel] ADV

1. well (in a good manner):

well
well done!
well put

2. well (thoroughly):

well
well east
well below (sth)

3. well (justifiably):

Phrases:

as well
as well as
to be well in with sb/sth Brit inf, to be in well with sb/sth Am inf
to be well out of it Brit, Aus

III. well1 [wel] INTERJ (exclamation)

well
well, well!
oh well!
very well!

I. well2 [wel] N

well

II. well2 [wel] VB intr

1. well:

to well (up) out of sth water

2. well fig:

to well up in sb/sth
monter en qn/à qc

well-meaning, well-meant ADJ

well-appointed ADJ form

well-connected ADJ

well-known ADJ

well-known

well-being N no pl

well-being

well kept ADJ

well-founded ADJ

well-made ADJ

well-made
in the PONS Dictionary

I. well1 <better, best> [wel] ADJ

all is well

II. well1 <better, best> [wel] ADV

1. well (in a good manner):

well
well done!
well put

2. well (thoroughly):

well
well below (sth)

3. well (justifiably):

Phrases:

as well
as well as
to be in well with sb/sth inf

III. well1 [wel] INTERJ (exclamation)

well
well, well!
oh well!
very well!

I. well2 [wel] N

well

II. well2 [wel] VB intr

1. well:

to well (up) out of sth water

2. well fig:

to well up in sb/sth
monter en qn/à qc

well-meaning, well-meant ADJ

oil well N

oil well

well-done ADJ

well-done meat:

well-done

well-made ADJ

well-made

artesian well [ar·ˈti·ʒ ə n·ˈwel] N

well-advised ADJ form

well-balanced ADJ

well-connected ADJ

Present
Iwell
youwell
he/she/itwells
wewell
youwell
theywell
Past
Iwelled
youwelled
he/she/itwelled
wewelled
youwelled
theywelled
Present Perfect
Ihavewelled
youhavewelled
he/she/ithaswelled
wehavewelled
youhavewelled
theyhavewelled
Past Perfect
Ihadwelled
youhadwelled
he/she/ithadwelled
wehadwelled
youhadwelled
theyhadwelled

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be well in with sb/sth Brit inf, to be in well with sb/sth Am inf
well, well!

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