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paradise

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[ par-uh-dahys, -dahyz ]

noun

  1. heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
  2. an intermediate place for the departed souls of the righteous awaiting resurrection.
  3. (often initial capital letter) Eden 1( def 1 ).
  4. a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness.
  5. a state of supreme happiness; bliss.
  6. Architecture.
    1. an enclosure beside a church, as an atrium or cloister.
  7. (initial capital letter, italics) Italian 笔补路谤补路诲颈路蝉辞 [pah-, r, ah-, dee, -zaw]. the third and concluding part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting heaven, through which he is guided by Beatrice. Compare inferno ( def 3 ), purgatory ( def 2 ).


Paradise

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[ par-uh-dahys, -dahyz ]

noun

  1. a town in N California.

paradise

/ 藞辫忙谤蓹藢诲补瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. heaven as the ultimate abode or state of the righteous
  2. Islam the sensual garden of delights that the Koran promises the faithful after death
  3. Also calledlimbo (according to some theologians) the intermediate abode or state of the just prior to the Resurrection of Jesus, as in Luke 23:43
  4. the place or state of happiness enjoyed by Adam before the first sin; the Garden of Eden
  5. any place or condition that fulfils all one's desires or aspirations
  6. a park in which foreign animals are kept
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

paradise

  1. A place or state of pure happiness. Christians (see also Christian ) have identified paradise both with the Garden of Eden and with heaven .
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of paradise1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English 辫补谤补诲墨蝉, from Late Latin 辫补谤补诲墨蝉耻蝉, from Greek 辫补谤谩诲别颈蝉辞蝉 鈥減ark, pleasure-grounds,鈥 from Old Iranian; compare Avestan 辫补颈谤颈-诲补脓锄补 鈥渆nclosure鈥; akin to Greek 辫别谤铆 peri- ( def ), 迟别卯办丑辞蝉 鈥渕ound, wall鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of paradise1

Old English, from Church Latin 辫补谤补诲墨蝉耻蝉, from Greek paradeisos garden, of Persian origin; compare Avestan 辫补颈谤颈诲补脓锄补 enclosed area, from pairi- around + 诲补脓锄补 wall
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Idioms and Phrases

see fool's paradise .
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Example Sentences

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鈥淭hey are the movement that turned what was paradise over to the homeless and illegal aliens.鈥

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Emotionally healthy people are about as rare on 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥 as cloudy days in paradise.

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Ritter鈥檚 second novel is a fiendish tale of trouble in paradise.

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About 20 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Point Reyes Peninsula rises up, a paradise of ocean, dunes, cliffs and grassland that feels delivered from another time and place.

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Several Altadena artists reflect on their creative paradise that was destroyed by Santa Ana winds and the Eaton fire last week.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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