God | Mean of god in English Dictionary
/ˈgɑːd/
- Noun
- the perfect and all-powerful spirit or being that is worshipped especially by Christians, Jews, and Muslims as the one who created and rules the universe
- Does she believe in God?
- (May) God bless us all.
- (May) God rest her soul. [=I pray that God will give her soul peace now that she has died]
- I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
- a spirit or being that has great power, strength, knowledge, etc., and that can affect nature and the lives of people
- the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt
- a Hindu god
- a myth about the god of war
- an offering for the gods
- The gods smiled/frowned on us. = The gods were/weren't on our side. [=we had good/bad luck; things went well/badly for us]
- (humorous) The golf gods seem to like you today. [=you are playing golf very well today]
- Her sudden arrival was a gift from the gods. [=a very lucky and helpful thing]
- a person and especially a man who is greatly loved or admired
- a professor who was regarded as a kind of god
- a guitar god like Jimi Hendrix
- a person who is very important or powerful in a particular field
- a talented writer who never found favor with the gods of the literary world
- something that is regarded as one of the most important things in someone's life
- He made a god of money. [=he worshipped money; he regarded money as more important than it really is]
- the highest and cheapest seats in a theater
- The people in the gods can be the hardest to please.