HEAVEN-SENT

Meaning of HEAVEN-SENT in English

also heaven sent

You use heaven-sent to describe something such as an opportunity which is unexpected, but which is very welcome because it occurs at just the right time.

It will be a heaven-sent opportunity to prove himself.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

HEAVEN-SENT — adjective Date: 1612 providential
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HEAVEN-SENT — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : sent from heaven : providential : peculiarly apt or appropriate a heaven-sent opportunity
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAVEN-SENT — /hev"euhn sent'/ , adj. providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops. [ 1640-50 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAVEN SENT — well-timed, opportune; happening at a very helpful time, arriving just at the right time to help a person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HEAVEN-SENT — adjective Date: 1612 : providential
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAVEN-SENT — Pronunciation: - ˌ sent Function: adjective Date: 1612 : PROVIDENTIAL
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HEAVEN-SENT — ■ adjective (of an event or opportunity) occurring at a very favourable time.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEAVEN-SENT — [heav.en-sent] adj (ca. 1649): providential
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEAVEN-SENT — heaven-sent BrE AmE ˌhev ə n ˈsent ◂ ˈ•••
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HEAVEN-SENT — adjective [ usually before noun ] happening unexpectedly and at exactly the right time
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN-SENT — ˌheaven-ˈsent / $ ˈ‧‧ ‧/ BrE AmE adjective literary happening fortunately at exactly the right time: a heaven-sent opportunity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAVEN SENT — see heaven-sent
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN SENT — see heaven-sent
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HEAVEN-SENT — also heaven sent You use ~ to describe something such as an opportunity which is unexpected, but which is very …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HEAVEN-SENT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Above all, they worked the tides, using those heaven-sent moving roads of water to help …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVEN-SENT — 25B6; adjective AUSPICIOUS, providential, propitious, felicitous, opportune, golden, favourable, advantageous, serendipitous, lucky, happy, good, fortunate. inopportune.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEAVEN-SENT — (возвышенно) ниспосланный богом своевременный, подоспевший вовремя; спасительный - a * opportunity спасительная возможность; спасительный шанс - a * rain saved …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEAVEN-SENT — Своевременный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HEAVEN-SENT — a 1> возвыш. ниспосланный богом 2> своевременный, подоспевший вовремя; спасительный a heaven-sent opportunity - спасительная возможность; спасительный шанс a heaven-sent …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEAVEN SENT — (r) ниспосланный богом
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEAVEN SENT — (n) подоспевший вовремя
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEAVEN SENT — (a) своевременный; спасительный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEAVEN-SENT — a 1) возвыш. ниспосланный богом 2) своевременный, подоспевший вовремя; спасительный a ~ opportunity - спасительная возможность; спасительный шанс a ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HEAVEN-SENT — a 1> возвыш. ниспосланный богом 2> своевременный, подоспевший вовремя; спасительный a heaven-sent opportunity - спасительная возможность; спасительный шанс a heaven-sent …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HEAVEN SENT — счастливый, благоприятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HEAVEN SENT — счастливый, благоприятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HEAVEN-SENT — (возвышенно) ниспосланный богом своевременный, подоспевший вовремя; спасительный - a * opportunity спасительная возможность; спасительный шанс - a * rain saved …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SENT — see: send II. noun (plural ~i) Etymology: Estonian (partitive singular ~i), probably from French centime or English cent Date: 1930 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HEAVEN
Английский словарь Британика
SENT — I. past of send II. ˈsent noun ( plural sen·ti -(ˌ)tē ; or sents ) Etymology: Estonian senti, probably from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAVEN — I. ˈhevən also -ev ə m or -eb ə m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English heven, hevene, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SENT — () imp. & p. p. of Send.
Английский словарь Webster
SENT — () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
Английский словарь Webster
SENT — (v. & n.) See Scent, v. & n.
Английский словарь Webster
SENT — (imp. & p. p.) of Send
Английский словарь Webster
SENT — obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENT — imp. & p. p. of Send.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENT — ( v. & n. ) See Scent, v. & n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENT — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Send
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENT — sent 1 /sent/ , v. pt. and pp. of send . sent 2 /sent/ , n. , pl. senti /sen"tee/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAVEN — — heavenless , adj. /hev"euhn/ , n. 1. the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SENT — I. past and past participle of send II. ˈsent noun ( plural sen·ti ˈsen-tē) Etymology: Estonian (partitive singular senti ), …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SENT — imp. & ·p.p. of send. 2. sent ·v & ·noun ·see scent, ·v & ·noun. 3. sent ·- obs. 3d …
Webster English vocab
HEAVEN — vt to place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. 2. heaven ·noun the dwelling place of …
Webster English vocab
SENT — ~ 1 past and past participle of send 1 . ———————— ~ 2 [ 'sɛnt ] ■ noun a monetary …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SENT — [sent] past and past part of send
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEAVEN
Britannica English vocabulary
SENT — sent BrE AmE sent
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SENT — pt, pp of send
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — / ˈhevn; NAmE / noun 1. (also Heaven ) [ U ] (used without the ) ( in some religions …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SENT — sent /sent/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ send
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAVEN — heav ‧ en S3 W3 /ˈhev ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: heofon ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SENT — past and past part. of SEND.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAVEN — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAVEN — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAVEN — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good after …
Oxford English vocab
SENT — Sent is the past tense and past participle of send .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — ( heavens) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, heaven …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SENT — Sent is the past tense and past participle of send .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HEAVEN — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, ~ is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SENT — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be sent for trial ( also be committed for trial British English ) ▪ Smith's lawyer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SENT — [past simple] and [past participle] of send - "Have you sent Mum a birthday card?" "Yes, I sent it last …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAVEN — [noun] [U] - in some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where God or the gods …
Cambridge English vocab

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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