godspeed

pronunciation

How to pronounce godspeed in British English: UK ['ɡɔd'spi:d]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    a successful journey

Word Origin

godspeed (interj.)
also God speed, by late 14c., "(I wish that) God (may) grant you success," from God + speed (v.) in its old sense of "prosper, grow rich, succeed." Specifically as a salutation by mid-15c. Also in Middle English as an adverb, "quickly, speedily" (early 14c.); the then-identically spelled God and good seem to be mixed up in this word. From late 13c. as a surname. He may bidde god me spede is found in a text from c. 1300.

Example

1. Not farewell or godspeed , but " go slowly . "
2. Godspeed , your majesty !
3. Godspeed , as you fulfill your duty to rome .
4. If you don 't know who godspeed !
5. They bade us godspeed on our journey .

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