# gods

Pronunciation: say "GODZ" US /ɡɑdz/, UK /ɡɒdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of god. — plural of god
   - Simple: Plural of god. Use this form when talking about more than one god.
   - _The temple honored several gods at once._
   - _In many old myths, the gods controlled the weather and the seas._
3. The topmost tier of seating in a theater or other auditorium.
   - Simple: The highest seats in a theater, far up near the ceiling.
   - _They climbed all the way to the gods to watch the opera._
   - _Tickets in the gods cost a fraction of those down in the stalls._
4. The audience members who occupy the gallery, the highest seats in a theater.
   - Simple: The people sitting in the highest, cheapest seats of a theater.
   - _The gods roared their approval at the final curtain._
   - _Cheap tickets meant the gods were always the rowdiest part of the house._
6. The blank metal spacing pieces, or quadrats, that printers tossed on the imposing stone in a motion like rolling dice.
   - Simple: Small blank metal pieces that old printers tossed like dice on their work table.
   - _Bored apprentices flung the gods across the imposing stone between jobs._
   - _A printer scooped up the gods and let them clatter down like dice._

## Interjection

2. Ellipsis of oh gods. — Ellipsis of oh gods.
   - Simple: Short way of saying oh gods. People say it to show strong feeling like surprise or worry.
   - _Gods, I can't believe we actually won._
   - _We're going to be late again. Gods, every single time._

## Verb

5. Third-person singular simple present indicative of god. — third-person singular simple present indicative of god
   - Simple: The form of god used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

## Origin

**Meanings 3–4, 6** — The name comes from the idea of gods (deities) reigning from on high.
**Meaning 5** — This form comes from the verb "god."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/gods (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).