🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

gut aufgenommen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: goot owf-ge-nom-men

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Well-received/ˌwel rɪˈsiːvd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Vorschlag wurde von allen gut aufgenommen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Gratefully or favorably accepted or greeted by an audience, critics, or the public.

    "Her new novel was well-received by literary critics across the country."
  2. 2

    Popular or approved of in general usage or sentiment.

    "The proposed changes to the company policy were not well-received by the staff."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the adverb 'well' (from Old English 'wel') and the past participle of 'receive' (from Middle English 'receiven', via Old French 'receivre' from Latin 'recipere'). The compound adjective solidified in Modern English to denote a favorable public reaction or acceptance.

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