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god
1[ god ]
noun
- one of several deities, especially a male deity, presiding over some portion of worldly affairs. Compare goddess ( def 1 ).
- an image of a deity; an idol.
- any deified person or object.
- a nebulous powerful force imagined to be responsible for one's fate:
The god of poker dealt me two aces.
- gods, Theater.
- the upper balcony in a theater.
- the spectators in this part of the balcony.
verb (used with object)
- to regard or treat as a god; deify; idolize.
God
2[ god ]
noun
- the Supreme Being, worshiped as the creator or ultimate source of the universe.
- the Supreme Being according to a particular religion or conception:
She called upon Allah, the God of Islam, for help.
- the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute:
May the God of mercy comfort you.
interjection
- (used to express disappointment, disbelief, weariness, frustration, annoyance, or the like):
God, do we have to listen to this nonsense?
God
1/ ɡɒd /
noun
- theol the sole Supreme Being, eternal, spiritual, and transcendent, who is the Creator and ruler of all and is infinite in all attributes; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
- play Godto behave in an imperious or superior manner
interjection
- an oath or exclamation used to indicate surprise, annoyance, etc (and in such expressions as My God! or God Almighty! )
god
2/ ɡɒd /
noun
- a supernatural being, who is worshipped as the controller of some part of the universe or some aspect of life in the world or is the personification of some force divine
- an image, idol, or symbolic representation of such a deity
- any person or thing to which excessive attention is given
money was his god
- a man who has qualities regarded as making him superior to other men
- in plural the gallery of a theatre
Other Words From
- non·god noun
- semi·god noun
- subgod noun
- under·god noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of god1
Origin of god2
Word History and Origins
Origin of god1
Idioms and Phrases
- act of god
- for god's sake
- honest to god
- lap of the gods
- mills of gods grind slowly
- my god
- put the fear of god in
- so help me (god)
- thank god
- there but for the grace of god
- tin god
Example Sentences
Over four days, we tallied 160,000 vertical feet of descents—per person—while the weather gods delivered snow and brutal cold.
Snakes, it appears, may have also whispered beyond the grave, serving as a messenger between the gods and a worshipper.
In an interesting note, Yebisu is also the god of jellyfishes, given his initial boneless form.
Another popular myth pertains to how Amaterasu locked herself in a cave after having a violent altercation with Susanoo, the storm god.
Venerated as the god of mercy, compassion, and even pets, the deity is revered as a Bodhisattva.
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
“Personally, I deal with manners of righteousness and God,” he says.
My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.
The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
Each religion claims that its own Bible is the direct revelation of God, and is the only true Bible teaching the only true faith.
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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