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Definition of godsend in English: godsendnoun ˈɡɒdsɛndˈɡɑdˌsɛnd A very helpful or valuable event, person, or article. these information packs are a godsend to schools Example sentencesExamples - Being insured is not the godsend that some people think it is.
- With all the changes that have occurred in my life recently, it was a godsend to have company this past week.
- Still, for the frantic chef, the electronic option is a godsend - just be sure to process only briefly or use the pulse button.
- Given that some of the eccentric roles are godsends to actors, it is how they carry them off that separate the best from the rest.
- This article is a godsend because it is extremely difficult to get people to understand why my son is on a special diet.
- An object of derision though she may be to some, to others the celebrity fashion icon is a godsend, for rarely does she also possess a model figure.
- Hardly the most mouthwatering clash for spectators, it's easy to see why these games are godsends for managers.
- And the presence of a coach on a full-time basis has been a godsend.
- Jacqueline Lloyd, project co-ordinator, said the money was a godsend.
- And, counting all the godsends we've received so far, we're way past the normal limit; and they're still coming in.
- He meant they were godsends to the starving and the homeless.
- The Australian English dictionary we brought from home, and similar ones on the internet have been a godsend.
- I must've seemed a godsend to him - the next best thing to a captive audience.
- We've just lost material things and they're insured, which is a godsend.
- That innate shallow streak of mine can be a godsend at times.
- Would this be a godsend for busy parents or a wrong turn for childcare?
- Mass tourism still hasn't reached here, and this is a godsend.
- So the 1996 film Brassed Off was a godsend in one sense, but a mixed blessing in another.
- The New York Times scandals have been a godsend to people who enjoy arguing about the media.
- Many of them are pretty computer averse, so anything that reduces their interaction with the computers is a godsend.
Synonyms boon, blessing, bonus, good thing, benefit, help, aid, advantage, gain, asset, privilege, luxury windfall, bonanza, stroke of luck, piece of good fortune informal perk, plus, plus point, pro formal perquisite literary benison
Origin Early 19th century: from God's send 'what God has sent'. Definition of godsend in US English: godsendnounˈɡädˌsendˈɡɑdˌsɛnd A very helpful or valuable event, person, or thing. this highway is a godsend to the local community Example sentencesExamples - Given that some of the eccentric roles are godsends to actors, it is how they carry them off that separate the best from the rest.
- I must've seemed a godsend to him - the next best thing to a captive audience.
- And the presence of a coach on a full-time basis has been a godsend.
- Hardly the most mouthwatering clash for spectators, it's easy to see why these games are godsends for managers.
- Still, for the frantic chef, the electronic option is a godsend - just be sure to process only briefly or use the pulse button.
- And, counting all the godsends we've received so far, we're way past the normal limit; and they're still coming in.
- The Australian English dictionary we brought from home, and similar ones on the internet have been a godsend.
- Would this be a godsend for busy parents or a wrong turn for childcare?
- This article is a godsend because it is extremely difficult to get people to understand why my son is on a special diet.
- So the 1996 film Brassed Off was a godsend in one sense, but a mixed blessing in another.
- Mass tourism still hasn't reached here, and this is a godsend.
- An object of derision though she may be to some, to others the celebrity fashion icon is a godsend, for rarely does she also possess a model figure.
- The New York Times scandals have been a godsend to people who enjoy arguing about the media.
- Many of them are pretty computer averse, so anything that reduces their interaction with the computers is a godsend.
- Jacqueline Lloyd, project co-ordinator, said the money was a godsend.
- He meant they were godsends to the starving and the homeless.
- We've just lost material things and they're insured, which is a godsend.
- That innate shallow streak of mine can be a godsend at times.
- With all the changes that have occurred in my life recently, it was a godsend to have company this past week.
- Being insured is not the godsend that some people think it is.
Synonyms boon, blessing, bonus, good thing, benefit, help, aid, advantage, gain, asset, privilege, luxury
Origin Early 19th century: from God's send ‘what God has sent’. |