GODSEND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of godsend in English

(Definition of godsend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of godsend

godsend
Interspersed with his infectious humour, his musings were a literal godsend to an eager if inexperienced doctoral student.
It was described as 'excellent', 'totally invaluable', 'a godsend' and 'an inspiration'.
Indeed, such back-up services have proved to be a godsend to such families, offering them the lifeline that they so desperately seek.
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To be hard of hearing very often means being lonely and isolated, and a telephone can be both a lifeline and a godsend.
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Even one or two indoor toilets would be a godsend to the teachers in the dreadful weather we are now experiencing.
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The open method of coordination was a godsend.
The advent of the euro is also an absolute godsend for crime.
There are also such people as poachers, to whom the right to go on the land would be a godsend.
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Every year it would have been a godsend to those who wanted to sell.
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This kind of project is a godsend to an area like mine.
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This has been a godsend to them for meeting one part of an inevitable expenditure.
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In view of the shortage of hay and cereals, the surplus has been a godsend.
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Men who are working in deep hot mines chew tobacco and it is a godsend to them.
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It is the greatest godsend to the advertising industry.
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This remedy will be a godsend to the tabloids.
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Translations of godsend

in Chinese (Traditional)
(尤指在需要的時候適時來到的)天賜之物,令人喜出望外的事物,及時雨…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(尤指在需要的时候适时来到的)天赐之物,令人喜出望外的事物,及时雨…
in Spanish
bendición del cielo, regalo llovido del cielo, bendición…
in Portuguese
dádiva de Deus, dádiva dos deuses…
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in Turkish
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in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
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in Russian
büyük şans, devlet kuşu, nimet…
bénédiction…
geschenk van de hemel, geluk…
dar z nebe…
guds gave, sendt fra himlen…
kemujuran…
สิ่งประเสริฐซึ่งพระเจ้าประทานให้…
của trời cho…
błogosławieństwo, dar z nieba…
gudagåva…
rahmat…
Geschenk des Himmels…
uventet flaks/hell…
несподіване щастя…
счастливое событие, удача…
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