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paradise

1

[ 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 Pa·ra·di·so [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

2

[ par-uh-dahys, -dahyz ]

noun

  1. a town in N California.

paradise

/ ˈpærəˌdaɪs /

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
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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of paradise1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English paradīs, from Late Latin paradīsus, from Greek parádeisos “park, pleasure-grounds,” from Old Iranian; compare Avestan pairi-daēza “enclosure”; akin to Greek perí peri- ( def ), teîkhos “mound, wall”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of paradise1

Old English, from Church Latin paradīsus, from Greek paradeisos garden, of Persian origin; compare Avestan pairidaēza enclosed area, from pairi- around + daēza wall
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Idioms and Phrases

see fool's paradise .
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Example Sentences

It may have looked like paradise, but it could hardly always live up to its landscaping.

“It could be paradise, but then there’s a military helicopter flying over her, and that helicopter is menacingly low, and it shouldn’t be,” Salles says.

“Sinkholes are paradises for many rare and endangered plant species. We are continuing to make new discoveries.”

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I’ve written about how CARB’s actions too often come off as pie-in-the-sky wokery that doesn’t seem to consider how working-class folks might be able to afford living in a purified paradise.

This was how the bird of paradise first made itself known to me.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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

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