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done well

done well is the past participle of do well.

Meaning of do well

Verb

do well (third-person singular simple present does well, present participle doing well, simple past did well, past participle done well)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, well.
    • He tries hard to tell a good joke but, alas, he does not do it well.
  2. (with infinitive) To take the prudent approach; to be advised.
    • He would do well to listen more carefully to his wife.
  3. To benefit, to favour.
    • The company did well by his family after he died.
  4. To succeed; to flourish.
    • Prosimians make good use of shelves, ropes, or swings and do well with natural substrates—such as vines, bamboo, and branches—to climb on or jump among.1998, National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates, →ISBN, page 58

Questions about done well

What is done well the past participle of?
Done well is the past participle of do well.

Words near done well in the dictionary

  1. done unto others
  2. done up
  3. done up like a dog's dinner
  4. done up like a kipper
  5. done violence to
  6. done well
  7. done well by doing good
  8. done well for oneself
  9. done with mirrors
  10. done without
  11. done wonders

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