BLESSING


Meaning of BLESSING in English

noun

1 thing that brings happiness/improves your life

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , real

▪ mixed (= a thing that has advantages and disadvantages)

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

A TV can be a real ~ for old people.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ in disguise (= a thing that seems unfortunate, but is later seen to be fortunate) , count your ~s (= to be grateful for the good things you have)

2 approval/support

ADJECTIVE

▪ full

▪ official

VERB + BLESSING

▪ have

▪ give sb/sth

The government has given its official ~ to the project.

▪ get , receive

She received the full ~ of her employers.

PREPOSITION

▪ with sb's ~ , without sb's ~

He went off to Latin America with his mother's ~.

3 prayer

ADJECTIVE

▪ traditional

▪ papal

▪ divine , spiritual

VERB + BLESSING

▪ bestow , give , make , pronounce , say

The ~ was said in Hebrew.

▪ ask , ask for

▪ receive

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

They asked God's ~ on their pastoral work.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .