Definition of All's Well That Ends Well from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

All's Well That Ends Well

/ˌɔːlz wel ðət ˈendz wel/

a comedy play by Shakespeare, written about 1603. Bertram is ordered by the king to marry Helena, who loves him, but under the bad influence of Parolles, he runs away to Florence. Helena follows him there, and tricks him into accepting her as his wife.

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