blessing

noun

/ˈblesɪŋ/

Idioms

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[usually singular] God’s help and protection, or a prayer asking for this
- to pray for God’s blessing
- The bishop said the blessing.
Collocations Religion
ReligionBeing religious
- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
- convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
- go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
- belong to a church/a religious community
- join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
- praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
- attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
- perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
- carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
- go on/make a pilgrimage
- celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
- observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
- deliver/preach/hear a sermon
- lead/address the congregation
- say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
- preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
- study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
- read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
- be based on/derive from divine revelation
- commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
- seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
- strengthen/lose your faith
- keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
- save/purify/lose your soul
- obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
- be/accept/do God’s will
- receive/experience divine grace
- achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
- undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
- hear/answer a prayer
- commit/confess/forgive a sin
- do/perform penance
Extra Examples
- They asked God's blessing on their pastoral work.
- The blessing was said in Hebrew.
Topics Religion and festivalsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- traditional
- papal
- divine
- …
verb + blessing
- bestow
- give
- make
- …
preposition
- blessing on
See full entry
[usually singular] approval of or permission for something
- The government gave its blessing to the new plans.
- He went with his parents' blessing.
Extra Examples
- He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing.
- She received the full blessing of her employers.
- The budget was pushed through by the government without the blessing of the opposition.
- The document received official blessing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full
- official
verb + blessing
- have
- give somebody/something
- get
- …
preposition
- with somebody’s blessing
- without somebody’s blessing
See full entry
something that is good or helpful
- Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life.
- It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time.
- Her looks turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing.
see also mixed blessing
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- real
- mixed
- …
preposition
- blessing for
phrases
- a blessing in disguise
- count your blessings
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Idioms

a blessing in disguise

something that seems to be a problem at first, but that has good results in the end
- Losing your job might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

count your blessings

to be grateful for the good things in your life

单词	blessing
释义	blessing noun /ˈblesɪŋ/ /ˈblesɪŋ/ Idioms jump to other results [usually singular] God’s help and protection, or a prayer asking for this to pray for God’s blessing The bishop said the blessing. Collocations ReligionReligionBeing religious believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc. convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc. go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue) go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara belong to a church/a religious community join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God Celebrations and ritual attend/hold/conduct/lead a service perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite go on/make a pilgrimage celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan deliver/preach/hear a sermon lead/address the congregation say/recite a prayer/blessing Religious texts and ideas preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah be based on/derive from divine revelation commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege Religious belief and experience seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom strengthen/lose your faith keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith save/purify/lose your soul obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law be/accept/do God’s will receive/experience divine grace achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation hear/answer a prayer commit/confess/forgive a sin do/perform penance Extra Examples They asked God's blessing on their pastoral work. The blessing was said in Hebrew. Topics Religion and festivalsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective traditional papal divine … verb + blessing bestow give make … preposition blessing on See full entry [usually singular] approval of or permission for something The government gave its blessing to the new plans. He went with his parents' blessing. Extra Examples He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing. She received the full blessing of her employers. The budget was pushed through by the government without the blessing of the opposition. The document received official blessing. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective full official verb + blessing have give somebody/something get … preposition with somebody’s blessing without somebody’s blessing See full entry something that is good or helpful Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life. It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time. Her looks turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing. see also mixed blessing Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great real mixed … preposition blessing for phrases a blessing in disguise count your blessings See full entry Idioms a blessing in disguise something that seems to be a problem at first, but that has good results in the end Losing your job might turn out to be a blessing in disguise. count your blessings to be grateful for the good things in your life
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