goodness

Multiple Entries:
  goodness    sake  

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goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/

▶noun

• 1 the quality of being good.

• 2 the beneficial element of food.

▶exclamation (as a substitution for ‘God’) expressing surprise, anger, etc.

– phrases
goodness of fit Statistics the extent to which observed data match the values expected by theory.

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sake1 /seɪk/

▶noun

• 1 (for the sake of something) for the purpose of or in the interest of something; in order to achieve or preserve something.

  ■ (for its own sake or something for something's sake or for the sake of it) indicating something that is done as an end in itself rather than to achieve some other purpose.

  ■ (for old times' sake) in acknowledgement of a shared past.

• 2 (for the sake of someone) out of consideration for or in order to help someone.

• 3 (for God's or goodness etc. sake) expressing impatience, annoyance, urgency, or desperation.

– origin OE sacu ‘contention, crime’, of Gmc origin, from a base meaning ‘affair, legal action, thing’.

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sake2 /ˈsɑːki, ˈsakeɪ/

▶noun a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice.

– origin from Japanese.