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{
"term": "heaven",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the place believed to be the home of God where good people go when they die, sometimes imagined to be in the sky",
"sensetop": "in heaven",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the kingdom of heaven"
},
{
"text": "I feel like I've died and gone to heaven."
},
{
"text": "I told her Daddy was in heaven with God.",
"contextForm": "in heaven"
},
{
"text": "Our child seemed a gift from heaven."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"verb + heaven": ["ascend to", "go to"],
"preposition": ["from heaven", "in heaven"],
"phrases": ["the kingdom of heaven"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a place or situation in which you are very happy",
"sensetop": "in heavenit is heaven doing somethingheaven for somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This isn't exactly my idea of heaven!"
},
{
"text": "Shopping is my favourite pastime, so I was in heaven.",
"contextForm": "in heaven"
},
{
"text": "It was heaven being away from the office for a week.",
"contextForm": "it is heaven doing something"
},
{
"text": "The island is truly **a heaven on earth**."
},
{
"text": "Tasmania is heaven for hikers and campers.",
"contextForm": "heaven for somebody"
},
{
"text": "It was sheer heaven being alone at last."
},
{
"text": "The kids were in absolute heaven at the fair."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["absolute", "pure", "sheer"],
"preposition": ["in heaven"],
"phrases": ["a heaven on earth", "somebody’s idea of heaven"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the sky",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Four tall trees stretched up to the heavens."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize what you are saying when you are surprised, shocked or annoyed",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "God, what a stupid thing to do!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you hope that something will not happen",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you are afraid somebody will be in danger or that something bad will happen to them",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "God help us if this doesn't work."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to emphasize that you do not know something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "God knows what else they might find."
},
{
"text": "‘Where are they?’ ‘Goodness knows.’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to emphasize the truth of what you are saying",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She ought to pass the exam—goodness knows she's been working hard enough."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you are frightened of the idea of something happening",
"labels": "(humorous or old use)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Heaven forfend that students are encouraged to think!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you are surprised or annoyed",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Good heavens, what are you doing?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "it begins to rain heavily",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All at once the heavens opened and everyone rushed for cover."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used especially in questions to show that you are angry, surprised or shocked",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What in God's name was that noise?"
},
{
"text": "Where in the name of Heaven have you been?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "extremely happy",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Now that he's been promoted he's in seventh heaven."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "seeming to be perfect",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everyone thought that theirs was a marriage made in heaven."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do everything you possibly can in order to achieve something",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have a strong unpleasant smell",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you are pleased about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Thank God you're safe!"
},
{
"text": "‘Thank goodness for that!’ she said with a sigh of relief."
},
{
"text": "Thank heavens I've found my keys."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used after a verb to emphasize a particular hope, wish, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wish to God you'd learn to pay attention!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhevn/",
"audio": "he/heaven/heaven__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhevn/",
"audio": "he/heaven/heaven__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel."
}