godsend — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

"You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]"

[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.

2

An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

Its seldom sic [such] rich Godsends come on our coast—no since the Jenny and James came ashore in King Charlie's time.

3

A person who provides greatly needed assistance.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

hot

VERB + GODSEND

offer, tops

GODSEND + NOUN

countries, summer, you're

PREP.

on

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opp

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

"You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]

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02

[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.

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03

By this time my wife was in Barcelona and used to send me tea, chocolate, and even cigars when such things were procurable; but even in Barcelona everything was running short, especially tobacco. The

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04

It's a godsend.

Tatoeba · #26631

05

It was a godsend.

Tatoeba · #2317992

06

The Apollo 13 movie was a godsend because it gave the young people who weren’t even born at the time a chance to find out what was really happening back then.

Tatoeba · #8671578

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, godsend is marked as archaic, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.