heaven

Pluralheavens

Formsheavens, heavening, heavened

1. 1
   where gods livenouncountable or uncountable

   In many religions, the place where God or the gods live and where good people go after they die.

   My grandmother believed she would go to heaven when she died.

   Her grandmother told her that good people go to heaven when they die.

   UsageSay go to heaven and in heaven, with no the.

   Similarparadise

   Oppositehell

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2. 2
   paradise on earthnouncountable or uncountable

   A place or feeling that is wonderful and makes you very happy.

   After the long hike, that hot meal felt like heaven.

   The quiet beach at sunset was pure heaven.

   UsageSay it was heaven or heaven on earth.

   Similarbliss, paradise, ecstasy, delight

   Oppositehell, misery

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3. 3
   nounliterarycountable or uncountable

   The sky above the earth, often called 'the heavens'.

   The heavens opened, and we got soaked on the way home.

   All that is vnder the heauen.

   1535, Coverdale Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:1Here, heaven means the sky above the earth.

   UsageSay the heavens. The heavens opened means it started to rain hard.

   Similarsky, skies, firmament

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4. 4
   God's willnouncountable or uncountable

   The will of God, or what the gods have decided about a person's fate.

   She prayed that heaven would guide her choice.

   They believed heaven had decided their fate long ago.

   Similarprovidence, fate

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