godspeed
pronunciation
How to pronounce godspeed in British English:
UK ['ɡɔd'spi:d]
How to pronounce godspeed in American English:
US
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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 .