Nice I It’s Naɪs Meet Friendly Pleasant Good

• a nice day/smile/place
• nice weather
• did you have a nice time?
• you look very nice.

nice

1. pleasant, enjoyable or attractive
• a nice day/smile/place
• nice weather
• Did you have a nice time?
• You look very nice.
• ‘Do you want to come, too?’ ‘Yes, that would be nice.’
• The nicest thing about her is that she never criticizes us.
• Nice to meet you! (= a friendly greeting when you meet somebody for the first time)
• It's been nice meeting you.
• It's nice that you can come with us.
• It would be nice if he moved to London.
• We all had the flu last week—it wasn't very nice.
• It's nice to know that somebody appreciates what I do.
2. used before adjectives or adverbs to emphasize how pleasant something is
• a nice hot bath
• a nice long walk
• It was nice and warm yesterday.
• Everyone arrived nice and early.
3. kind; friendly
• note at good
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/good_1
• Our new neighbours are very nice.
• He's a really nice guy.
• Be nice to me. I'm not feeling well.
• It was nice of them to invite us.
• I complained to the manager and he was very nice about it.
• I asked him in the nicest possible way to put his cigarette out.
• The party was great.
• We had a brilliant weekend.
4. bad or unpleasant
• That's a nice thing to say!
• That's a nice way to speak to your mother!
5. involving a very small detail or difference
• synonym subtle
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/subtle
• a nice point of law (= one that is difficult to decide)
6. very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it
7. a friendly way of saying goodbye, especially to customers
8. to be pleasant or polite to somebody, especially when you do not really want to
• He tried to make nice with his ex, even though he was still angry with her.
• Cole and his opponent made nice for the cameras at the press event.
9. a way of describing a man who is very honest and thinks about the wishes and feelings of other people
• I was tired of helping other people. From now on it was no more Mr Nice Guy (= I would stop being pleasant and kind).
10. used to show you are pleased when something good has happened or somebody has said something amusing
• You got the job? Nice one!
11. used to show you are pleased when somebody has done something well
• You did a good job today. Nice work, James!
12. used when you wish that you had somebody’s success or good luck and think they have achieved it with little effort
• He was paid £200 for a ten-minute speech? Nice work if you can get it.

Extra Examples

• He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.
• His mother sounded very nice on the phone.
• I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.
• I felt nice and cosy.
• I’m sure she’s perfectly nice really.
• It had not been a particularly nice experience.
• It’s a nice little place you have here.
• It’s nice for Mum to get out more.
• Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn’t want to go out with them.
• That bread smells nice.
• an awfully nice man
• ‘Do you want to come too?’ ‘Yes, that would be nice.’
• Be nice to me. I’m not feeling well.
• Can’t you be nice to each other for once?
• Have a nice day!
• He’s a really nice guy.
• If it’s a nice day tomorrow , shall we go out?
• It’s been nice meeting you.
• It’s nice that you can come with us.
• It’s nice to know that somebody appreciates what I do.
• Nice to meet you!
• We all had the flu last week—it wasn’t very nice.
• You look nice.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘stupid’): from Old French, from Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, from nescire ‘not know’. Other early senses included ‘coy, reserved’, giving rise to ‘fastidious, scrupulous’: this led both to the sense ‘fine, subtle’ (regarded by some as the “correct” sense), and to the main current senses.