n.
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(often Heaven)
a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God or the gods and of the good after death, often depicted as being above the sky.
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(the heavens)
literary the sky.
- a place or state of supreme bliss.
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(also heavens)
used in exclamations as a substitute for ‘God’:
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heaven knows!
Phrase
- the heavens open
it suddenly starts to rain very heavily. - in seventh heaven
in a state of ecstasy. - move heaven and earth to do something
make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing. - stink
(or smell)
to high heaven
informal smell very bad.
Derivative
- heavenward adj. & adv.
- heavenwards adv.
Etymology
OE heofon, of Gmc origin.
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