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heaven-sent

[ hev-uhn-sent ]

adjective

  1. providentially opportune:

    A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.



heaven-sent

adjective

  1. providential; fortunate

    a heaven-sent opportunity

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heaven-sent1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

Within hours, the moralizing Los Angeles local media had bungled this heaven-sent opportunity.

We are the heaven-sent leaders of all "New" enterprises, whether literary, theatrical, or artistic.

Surely it was heaven-sent wisdom that breathed in the words with which she answered Richard's evasions.

Almost innumerable are the services which this heaven-sent plant renders to the inhabitants of the countries where it flourishes.

"As it is, we are in the state of Tsin in the fourteenth of the heaven-sent Ching," retorted Hwa-mei capably.

Yet if by a heaven-sent chance none, or very few, reached the necessary standard of excellence—?

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