good deed

collocation in English

meaningsofgoodanddeed

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good
adjective
uk
/ɡʊd/us
/ɡʊd/
very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, ...
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deed
noun[C]
uk
/diːd/us
/diːd/
an intentional act, especially a very bad or very ...
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(Definition ofgoodanddeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgood deed

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Helping to form a couple and a family is nothing less than agooddeed.
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Popper showed him later that nogooddeedgoes unpunished.
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If we are able to save even one human life, thatgooddeedwill stay with us for the rest of our lives.
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So, at least, we have the consolation of not only doing agooddeedbut of proving that we have our uses.
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It is agooddeedwhich shines like a candle in a naughty world.
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It sticks out like agooddeedin a naughty world.
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That was onegooddeedto which he was forced.
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So shines agooddeedin a naughty world.
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It was agooddeedin a naughty newspaper to reveal these facts.
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I believe that onegooddeeddeserves another.
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That was simply because his character shone throughout the whole country like agooddeed.
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I remember that somebody once said that the greatest thing in the world was to have agooddeeddone by stealth and to have it found out by accident.
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Why should onegooddeedexclude another?
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I hope that none of us here to-day feel that we are met in order merely to do agooddeedto a worthy body of men.
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When the shepherd returned to his master, after performing thegooddeed, his pitcher kept filling up with milk.
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Its keepers, each holding it for a week before passing it on, are expected to undertake agooddeed.
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This tablet was erected by trustees of the charity to commemorate thisgooddeedof a good man.
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Marriage is considered to be agooddeedand it does not hinder spiritual wayfaring.
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Good intent andgooddeedcontribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering.
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