good thing

collocation in English

meaningsofgoodandthing

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good
adjective
uk
/ɡʊd/us
/ɡʊd/
very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofgoodandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgood thing

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Perhaps this can be agoodthing, encouraging more careful listening.
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Extending the coverage of the grammar for cases like this would certainly be agoodthing.
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From the post-productivist point of view, it is obviously agoodthing.
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Growing extremely attached is not agoodthing, and one must learn how to separate emotions.
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This last part is not entirely agoodthing.
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Is it agoodthingor a bad thing?
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A public good does not have to be agoodthingfor everybody.
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In a sense this is agoodthing.
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Yes, it's a good, it's agoodthingyou are involved as long as you can.
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More contact is assumed to be 'agoodthing'.
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And without a doubt this is agoodthing: meaning is mortal.
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And it would encourage mutual co-operation between architects, which in itself was agoodthing.
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This could be agoodthing, according to the authors.
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The freedom to write looping programs is not agoodthingin itself.
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However, as often happens in life, too much of agoodthingcan be bad.
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The problem that conservatives have, then, is too much, or too many, of agoodthing.
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And is it agoodthingto maximize welfare?
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I don't think that's, not agoodthingreally.
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In the long run it is agoodthing.
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