god

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UK /ɡɒd/ US /ɡɑd/

noun 6name 6verb 2intj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

pagan | Christian, Greek, Roman, etc.

heathen, false

Many ancient civilizations worshipped heathen gods before Christianity spread across Europe.

fertility | sun

VERB + GOD

believe in, follow, have

Many people follow different gods depending on their religion and cultural background.

praise, pray to, thank, worship

Many people thank God when something good happens in their lives.

GOD + VERB

exist

Many people believe God exists, even though they have never seen proof.

PREP

~ of

The ancient Greeks believed Poseidon was the god of the sea and earthquakes.

PHRASES

faith in God

Even after the accident, he maintained his faith in God.

the will of God

She believed that losing her job was part of the will of God and tried to accept it peacefully.

Definitions

noun

A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.

The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.

When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.

An idol.

Leo Messi is my god!

whose god is their belly

A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.

In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism.

A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.

He is the god of soccer!

name

Alternative letter-case form of God.

And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.

“I say fuck it. Fuck god and fuck all the religions that praise him.”

verb

To idolize.

CORIOLANUS: This last old man, / Whom with a crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, / Loved me above the measure of a father; / Nay, godded me, indeed.

a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus". To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.

To deify.

Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, / In which so fell and puissant he grew, / That Jove himselfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.

The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a material effigy that is worshipped

idol

noun — any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part o

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

oh my God

Said in supplication to God.

God forbid

indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable

If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit.

God works in mysterious ways

Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.

let go and let God

To consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God.

porcelain god

A commode; a toilet bowl.

Example Bank

The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.

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When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.

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Leo Messi is my god!

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And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.

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“I say fuck it. Fuck god and fuck all the religions that praise him.”

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For if the necessity of events is bound up with god’s knowledge, if there is no necessity in events, the divine knowledge is abolished. And whose mind is so distorted by such an impious idea that he w

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, god is marked as figuratively, informal, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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