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"ref": "1962 February 20, Scott Carpenter, quotee, “Godspeed, John Glenn”, in USA Today, McLean, Va.: Gannett Co., published 8 December 2016, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-09",
"text": "So all of America watched at 9:47 a.m. on Feb. 20, 1962, as [John] Glenn took off from Cape Canaveral. Scott Carpenter, backup astronaut for the mission, famously said: \"Godspeed, John Glenn.\"",
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"ref": "2007 May 12, Peter Steinfels, “At commencement, a call for religious literacy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-26",
"text": "So, class of 2007, join in. And godspeed.",
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"ref": "2008, Ron Benrey, Janet Benrey, chapter 14, in Season of Glory (Love Inspired Suspense), New York, N.Y.: Steeple Hill Books, page 155",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "一路順風"
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"word": "一路顺风"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "ga met God"
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"word": "Õnnelikku reisi"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "onnea matkaan"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "bonne chance"
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"word": "bon courage"
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"word": "que Dieu soit avec toi/vous"
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"word": "viel Erfolg!"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "go soirbhí Dia dhuit"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "oxira xêrê be"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "ar Dievpalīgu"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "Sudie"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "Gud være med deg"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "lykke til"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "powodzenia"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "szczęść Boże"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "z Bogiem"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "vai com Deus"
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"roman": "poželánije udáči",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
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"word": "пожела́ние уда́чи"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "buena suerte"
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"word": "vaya con Dios"
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"word": "lycka till"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "iyi yolculuklar"
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "yolun açık olsun"
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"ref": "1884 November 1, “Thon”, in J[eanette] L[eonard], J[oseph] B[enson] Gilder, editors, The Critic: A Literary Weekly, Critical and Eclectic, volume II, number 44, New York, N.Y.: The Good Literature Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 210, column 1",
"text": "Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number and common gender has met with a warm welcome from philologists and the press. […] The new word has received a number of godspeeds, some of which we quote.",
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"ref": "1941, Flora Thompson, “‘A Bit of a Tell’”, in Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy, London: Penguin Books, published 1945 (1973 printing), page 291",
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"ref": "2008, Ron Benrey, Janet Benrey, chapter 14, in Season of Glory (Love Inspired Suspense), New York, N.Y.: Steeple Hill Books, page 155",
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"tags": [
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"word": "на до́бър ча́с"
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "一路順風"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "ga met God"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "bonan kuraĝon"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "Õnnelikku reisi"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "onnea matkaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "bonne chance"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "bon courage"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "que Dieu soit avec toi/vous"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "viel Erfolg!"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "καλή τύχη"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "καλό κατευόδιο"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "בהצלחה"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "go soirbhí Dia dhuit"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "oxira xêrê be"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "ar Dievpalīgu"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "Sudie"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "Gud være med deg"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "lykke til"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "powodzenia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "szczęść Boże"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "z Bogiem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "vai com Deus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poželánije udáči",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"tags": [
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"word": "пожела́ние уда́чи"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "s bogom",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "с богом"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "buena suerte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "vaya con Dios"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "lycka till"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "iyi yolculuklar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "yolun açık olsun"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "hayırlı yolculuklar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of the actions of a person (typically someone about to start a journey or a daring endeavour) is positive for them",
"word": "selametle"
}
],
"word": "Godspeed"
}
{
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English literary terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speh₁-",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰew-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/iːd",
"Rhymes:English/iːd/2 syllables",
"en:Farewells"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
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"4": "*speh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "god spede"
},
"expansion": "Middle English god spede",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "god speid",
"t": "(adverb) quickly, speedily; (interjection) may God cause (someone) to succeed"
},
"expansion": "god speid (“(adverb) quickly, speedily; (interjection) may God cause (someone) to succeed”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "god"
},
"expansion": "god",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "God",
"t": "(Christianity) God; the Eucharist; non-Christian god or goddess; idol; deity, divine being; person or thing honoured as a god"
},
"expansion": "God (“(Christianity) God; the Eucharist; non-Christian god or goddess; idol; deity, divine being; person or thing honoured as a god”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "god",
"t": "god"
},
"expansion": "Old English god (“god”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵʰew-",
"t": "to pour"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sped"
},
"expansion": "sped",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spede"
},
"expansion": "spede",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "singular"
},
"expansion": "singular",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "subjunctive"
},
"expansion": "subjunctive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "speden",
"t": "to achieve one’s goal; to succeed (in something); to fare, get along; to conduct oneself well; to do well, prosper, thrive; to turn out well; to be advantageous, avail; to be of benefit or useful; to assist, help; to help (someone) be successful; to do or complete (something); to travel rapidly; to progress"
},
"expansion": "speden (“to achieve one’s goal; to succeed (in something); to fare, get along; to conduct oneself well; to do well, prosper, thrive; to turn out well; to be advantageous, avail; to be of benefit or useful; to assist, help; to help (someone) be successful; to do or complete (something); to travel rapidly; to progress”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "spēdan",
"t": "to succeed"
},
"expansion": "Old English spēdan (“to succeed”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*speh₁-",
"t": "to prosper, succeed"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English god spede, god speid (“(adverb) quickly, speedily; (interjection) may God cause (someone) to succeed”), from god, God (“(Christianity) God; the Eucharist; non-Christian god or goddess; idol; deity, divine being; person or thing honoured as a god”) (from Old English god (“god”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), in the sense of a libation made to a god) + sped, spede, the singular subjunctive of speden (“to achieve one’s goal; to succeed (in something); to fare, get along; to conduct oneself well; to do well, prosper, thrive; to turn out well; to be advantageous, avail; to be of benefit or useful; to assist, help; to help (someone) be successful; to do or complete (something); to travel rapidly; to progress”) (from Old English spēdan (“to succeed”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, succeed”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Godspeeds",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"God‧speed"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1884 November 1, “Thon”, in J[eanette] L[eonard], J[oseph] B[enson] Gilder, editors, The Critic: A Literary Weekly, Critical and Eclectic, volume II, number 44, New York, N.Y.: The Good Literature Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 210, column 1",
"text": "Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number and common gender has met with a warm welcome from philologists and the press. […] The new word has received a number of godspeeds, some of which we quote.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this."
],
"links": [
[
"wishing",
"wish#Verb"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth#Adjective"
],
[
"journey",
"journey#Noun"
],
[
"success",
"success"
],
[
"parting",
"parting#Noun"
],
[
"statement",
"statement#Noun"
],
[
"expressing",
"express#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this."
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1941, Flora Thompson, “‘A Bit of a Tell’”, in Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy, London: Penguin Books, published 1945 (1973 printing), page 291",
"text": "I udn't mind seeing her come in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something.\nOriginally published in Over to Candleford (1941).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Chiefly in in the Godspeed of: the most important part of something, or point at which something happens; also, the last minute or last moment."
],
"links": [
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"part",
"part#Noun"
],
[
"point",
"point#Noun"
],
[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"last minute",
"last minute"
],
[
"last",
"last#Adjective"
],
[
"moment",
"moment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, figuratively)",
"(archaic) Chiefly in in the Godspeed of: the most important part of something, or point at which something happens; also, the last minute or last moment."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"countable",
"figuratively",
"literary",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"Irish English"
],
"glosses": [
"In back of Godspeed: a distant, remote, or unknown place."
],
"links": [
[
"back of Godspeed",
"back of Godspeed"
],
[
"distant",
"distant"
],
[
"remote",
"remote#Adjective"
],
[
"unknown",
"unknown#Adjective"
],
[
"place",
"place#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, figuratively)",
"(originally Ireland) In back of Godspeed: a distant, remote, or unknown place."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back of beyond"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"literary",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌɡɒdˈspiːd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɡɑdˈspid/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːd"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-godspeed.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/En-us-godspeed.ogg/En-us-godspeed.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-us-godspeed.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "God-speed"
},
{
"word": "God speed"
},
{
"word": "godspeed"
},
{
"word": "good speed"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wishing of someone a speedy journey, or success, especially at a parting; a statement expressing this",
"word": "onnentoivotus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "most important part of something, or point at which something happens",
"word": "käännekohta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "most important part of something, or point at which something happens",
"word": "kohokohta"
}
],
"word": "Godspeed"
}
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