well done

Used to tell someone that they have done something successfully or deserve praise.

• Well done, Mia!
• You finished the race! Well done!
• Well done on winning your first match!

How to use it: well done on something (Well done on passing your driving test!); well done to someone (Well done to everyone who helped!)

Similar words: good job, bravo, congratulations

Common phrases: well done everyone, well done to someone, well done on something

Completed in a good, careful, or skillful way.

• That was a job well done.
• The report was well done and easy to follow.
• Everyone appreciated her work; it was well done.

Similar words: well executed, skillfully done

Opposites: poorly done

Common phrases: job well done, work well done

Cooked all the way through, with no raw part left in the middle, especially meat.

• I want my steak well done.
• He ordered his burger well done.
• Is this beef well done or still pink inside?

How to use it: like/want something well done (I like my steak well done.); cook something well done (She cooked the burgers well done.)

Similar words: fully cooked, cooked through

Opposites: rare

Common phrases: steak well done, well done please, cooked well done