Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - paradise
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Paradise
paradise
~ n 1 a place or situation that is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or enjoyable (the beautiful Thai holiday paradise of Phuket | The hotel felt like paradise after two weeks of camping.) 2 a place that has everything you need for doing a particular activity (The market is a shopper's paradise.) + for (Hawaii is a paradise for surfers.) 3 Paradise a) Heaven, thought of as the place where God lives and where there is no illness, death, or evil b) the garden where Adam and Eve lived (=the first humans, according to the Bible) (- see also bird of paradise, be living in a fool's paradise fool1 (8))
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(paradises) 1. According to some religions, paradise is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives. The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight... = heaven N-PROPER 2. You can refer to a place or situation that seems beautiful or perfect as paradise or a paradise. ...one of the world’s great natural paradises... N-VAR 3. You can use paradise to say that a place is very attractive to a particular kind of person and has everything they need for a particular activity. The Algarve is a golfer’s paradise... N-COUNT: supp N see also fool’s paradise ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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geographical name 1. town N California N of Sacramento population 26,408 2. population center Nevada population 186,070 PARADISE noun Etymology: Middle English paradis, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin paradisus, from Greek paradeisos, literally, enclosed park, of Iranian origin; akin to Avestan pairi-daeza- enclosure; akin to Greek peri around and to Greek teichos wall — more at peri-, dough Date: 12th century 1. a. Eden 2 b. an intermediate place or state where the souls of the righteous await resurrection and the final judgment c. heaven 2. a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight • paradisial also paradisical adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just. 2 a place or state of complete happiness. 3 (in full earthly paradise) the abode of Adam and Eve in the biblical account of the Creation; the garden of Eden. Derivatives paradisaical adj. paradisal adj. paradisiacal adj. paradisical adj. Etymology: ME f. OF paradis f. LL paradisus f. Gk paradeisos f. Avestan pairidaeza park ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рай an earthly paradise —- земной рай the joys of paradise —- райское блаженство "P. Lost" —- "Потерянный рай" (произведение Мильтона) 2. блаженное состояние 3. разг. галерка, раек (в театре) 4. редк. сад, заповедник (на Востоке) 5. зоологический сад, зверинец 6. уст. красивый, декоративный сад; монастырский сад Id: to live in a fool's paradise —- жить иллюзиями Id: the Yankee paradise —- Париж Id: "Children's P." —- "Детский мир" (магазин) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) рай also fig. ; The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight. He calls it a paradise compared to the camp. 2) coll. галерка, раек (в театре) 3) obs. декоративный сад - fools paradise - live in a fools paradise ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. paradis, from L.L. paradisus, from Gk. paradeisos, from an Iranian source, cf. Avestan pairidaeza "enclosure, park," compound of pairi- "around" + daeza "make, form (a wall)." The Gk. word, originally used for an orchard or hunting park in Persia, was used in Septuagint to mean "Garden of Eden," and in New Testament translations to mean "heaven." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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