PARADISE


Meaning of PARADISE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pærədaɪs ]

( paradises)

1.

According to some religions, paradise is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives.

The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight...

= heaven

N-PROPER

2.

You can refer to a place or situation that seems beautiful or perfect as paradise or a paradise .

...one of the world’s great natural paradises...

N-VAR

3.

You can use paradise to say that a place is very attractive to a particular kind of person and has everything they need for a particular activity.

The Algarve is a golfer’s paradise...

N-COUNT : supp N

see also fool’s paradise

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