TO GOD / GOODNESS / HEAVEN

Meaning of TO GOD / GOODNESS / HEAVEN in English

used after a verb to emphasize a particular hope, wish, etc. :

I wish to God you'd learn to pay attention!

HELP NOTE : Some people find this use offensive.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Английский словарь Британика
GOD — I Deity or Supreme Being. Each of the major monotheistic world religions worships a Supreme Being, who is the sole …
Английский словарь Британика
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
GOD — I. ˈgäd sometimes ˈgȯd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian & Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOODNESS — ˈgu̇dnə̇s, in exclamatory phrases also ˈgu̇nə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English goodnesse, from Old English gōdnes, from gōd …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOD — noun : the supreme or ultimate reality : the Deity variously conceived in theology, philosophy, and popular religion: as a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOODNESS — (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of …
Английский словарь Webster
GOODNESS — ( n. ) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the …
Webster's Revised 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
GOODNESS — /good"nis/ , n. 1. the state or quality of being good. 2. moral excellence; virtue. 3. kindly feeling; kindness; generosity. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOD — /god/ , n. , v. , godded, godding , interj. n. 1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOODNESS — noun Date: before 12th century 1. : the quality or state of being good 2. — used interjectionally or in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAVEN — vt to place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. 2. heaven ·noun the dwelling place of …
Webster English vocab
GOODNESS — noun the quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of …
Webster English vocab
GOD — adj & ·noun good. 2. god ·vt to treat as a god; to idolize. 3. god ·noun figuratively applied to …
Webster English vocab
GOD — [god] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG got god] (bef. 12c) 1 cap: the supreme or ultimate reality: as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
HEAVEN — / ˈhevn; NAmE / noun 1. (also Heaven ) [ U ] (used without the ) ( in some religions …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOODNESS! — Goodness! | ˌGoodness ˈme! | ˌMy ˈgoodness! | ˌGoodness ˈgracious! ( informal ) used to express surprise : Goodness, what …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOODNESS — / ˈgʊdnəs; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the quality of being good : the essential goodness of human …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOD — / gɒd; NAmE gɑːd/ noun 1. God [ sing. ] (not used with the ) ( in Christianity, Islam and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — heav ‧ en S3 W3 /ˈhev ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: heofon ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOODNESS — good ‧ ness S2 /ˈɡʊdnəs, ˈɡʊdnɪs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ good , ↑ goodie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOD — God BrE AmE 1 . the spirit or power who Christians, Jews, and Muslims pray to and regard as the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOD — god S1 W1 /ɡɒd $ ɡɑːd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . God the spirit or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
GOODNESS — n. & int. --n. 1 virtue; excellence, esp. moral. 2 kindness, generosity (had the goodness to wait). 3 what is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOD — n. 1 a (in many religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature, human fortunes, etc.; …
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
GOODNESS — n. & int. n. 1 virtue; excellence, esp. moral. 2 kindness, generosity (had the goodness to wait). 3 what is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GOD — n. 1 a (in many religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature, human fortunes, etc.; …
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
GOODNESS — n. & int. --n. 1. virtue; excellence, esp. moral. 2 kindness, generosity (had the goodness to wait). 3 what is …
Oxford English vocab
GOD — n.1 a (in many religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature, human fortunes, etc.; a …
Oxford English vocab
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
GOODNESS — 1. People sometimes say ‘ goodness ’ or ‘ my goodness ’ to express surprise. Goodness, I wonder if he …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOD — ( gods) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The name God is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
GOODNESS — 1. People sometimes say ‘~’ or ‘my ~’ to express surprise. Goodness, I wonder if he knows... My ~, he’s …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GOD — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The name God is given …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GOODNESS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE honest ▪ They promise an honest to goodness family holiday in the sun and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES God squad God's mercy ▪ Will we still receive God's mercy if we refuse to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVEN — [noun] [U] - in some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where God or the gods …
Cambridge English vocab
GOODNESS — [noun] [U]The goodness is the part of something, esp. of food, which is good for health.Don't cook vegetables for too …
Cambridge English vocab
GOD — (SPIRIT), female also goddess [noun] [C] - a spirit or being believed to control some part of the universe or …
Cambridge English vocab
GOD — (MAKER) [noun] [U not after the] - (in esp. Christian, Jewish and Muslim belief) the being which made the universe, …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAVEN — n. Heaven's Gate kingdom of heaven Temple of Heaven tree of heaven
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GOD — n. Party of God Assemblies of God god and goddess kingdom of God work of God Peace of God Truce …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEAVEN — Synonyms and related words : Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Caelus, Canaan, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOODNESS — See: HONEST-TO-GOODNESS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS.
Slang English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOD — (also God ) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pagan ▪ Christian , Greek , Roman , etc. ▪ the Jewish God ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOODNESS — n. 25B6; noun he had some goodness in him : VIRTUE, good, righteousness, morality, integrity, rectitude; honesty, truth, truthfulness, honour, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEAVEN — n. 1 paradise, bliss, hereafter, nirvana, Abraham's bosom, Elysian Fields or Elysium, Valhalla, Zion, happy hunting-grounds, Avalon, Isles of the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GOODNESS — See: HONEST-TO-GOODNESS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS.
Словарь английских идиом
HEAVEN — There are four Hebrew words thus rendered in the Old Testament which we may briefly notice. â Raki'a, Authorized Version, …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
GOD — (good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being-ELOHIM, commonly translated God in …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEAVEN — сущ. небеса, небо in heaven ≈ на небе to move heaven and earth ≈ сделать все возможное, "землю грызть" heaven …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GOODNESS — сущ. 1) а) доброта; великодушие; любезность Syn : kindness, magnanimity б) добродетель Syn : integrity, morality, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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