godsend
pronunciation
How to pronounce godsend in British English:
UK [ˈgɒdsend]
How to pronounce godsend in American English:
US [ˈgɑdsend]
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- Noun:
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Word Origin
- godsend (n.)
- "unlooked-for acquisition or good fortune," 1812, earlier "a shipwreck" (from the perspective of people living along the coast), by 1806, from Middle English Godes sonde (c. 1200) "God's messenger; what God sends, gift from God, happening caused by God," from God + Middle English sonde "that which is sent, message," from Old English sand, from sendan (see send (v.)). The common people in Cornwall call, as impiously as inhumanely, a shipwreck on their shores, "a Godsend." [Rev. William Lisle Bowles, footnote in "The Works of Alexander Pope," London, 1806]
Example
- 1. Seriously , that baby is a godsend .
- 2. The evolution of the internet is godsend for people who are in long distance relationships .
- 3. It was a godsend that he was there .
- 4. Is definitely a godsend to share .
- 5. Indians , as they fret over soaring food costs , might find such a thing a godsend .