See Godspeed on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 184, column 2:",
"text": "3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir.",
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"ref": "1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 80:",
"text": "Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.",
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"ref": "1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “Preparation for England”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, →OCLC, part I, page 95:",
"text": "At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.",
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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, →ISBN, page 155:",
"text": "Thanks, Gordie. May you live long and stay well, too. Godspeed.",
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"word": "que Dieu soit avec toi/vous"
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"word": "viel Erfolg!"
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"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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"word": "ar Dievpalīgu"
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"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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"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": "box v pómoščʹ",
"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": "бог в по́мощь"
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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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"code": "tr",
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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": "hayırlı yolculuklar"
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"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"
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"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 John:[10–11], folio ccc, recto:",
"text": "Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this learnynge⸝ hym receave not to houſſe: nether bid hym god ſpede. For he that biddeth hym God ſpede⸝ is part taker off his evyll dedes.",
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"ref": "1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 18:",
"text": "Then Chriſtian took his leave of his Friend, and he again bid him God ſpeed.",
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"ref": "1696 November (first performance), [John Vanbrugh], The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger: […], [London]: […] Samuel Briscoe […], published 1697, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 90:",
"text": "Ber[inthia]. Speed her vvell. / VVor[thy]. Ay, but there muſt be more than a God ſpeed, or your Charity vvon't be vvorth a farthing.",
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"ref": "1848, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Warnings of Experience”, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. […], volume I, London: T[homas] C[autley] Newby, […], →OCLC, page 279:",
"text": "He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed.",
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"ref": "1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., “Rowland”, in Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page 28:",
"text": "[I]n the morning, as Rowland at the garden gate was giving his hostess Godspeed on her way to church, he came striding along the grassy margin of the road and out-whistling the music of the church bells.",
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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": "1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “A Little Cloud”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 84:",
"text": "Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him godspeed.",
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"text": "But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]",
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}
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"ref": "1908 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Getting Married”, in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, London: Constable and Company, published 1911, →OCLC, page 278:",
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"text": "Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.",
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"text": "At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.",
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"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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"text": "So, class of 2007, join in. And godspeed.",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "b'hatslakhá",
"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": "בְּהַצְלָחָה"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"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"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"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": "nb",
"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": "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": "box v pómoščʹ",
"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": "бог в по́мощь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "s bógom",
"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 бо́гом"
},
{
"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"
},
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"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"
},
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"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"
},
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"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"
}
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"word": "Godspeed"
}
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"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 John:[10–11], folio ccc, recto:",
"text": "Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this learnynge⸝ hym receave not to houſſe: nether bid hym god ſpede. For he that biddeth hym God ſpede⸝ is part taker off his evyll dedes.",
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{
"ref": "1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 18:",
"text": "Then Chriſtian took his leave of his Friend, and he again bid him God ſpeed.",
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},
{
"ref": "1696 November (first performance), [John Vanbrugh], The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger: […], [London]: […] Samuel Briscoe […], published 1697, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, page 90:",
"text": "Ber[inthia]. Speed her vvell. / VVor[thy]. Ay, but there muſt be more than a God ſpeed, or your Charity vvon't be vvorth a farthing.",
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},
{
"ref": "1848, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Warnings of Experience”, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. […], volume I, London: T[homas] C[autley] Newby, […], →OCLC, page 279:",
"text": "He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., “Rowland”, in Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page 28:",
"text": "[I]n the morning, as Rowland at the garden gate was giving his hostess Godspeed on her way to church, he came striding along the grassy margin of the road and out-whistling the music of the church bells.",
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},
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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.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “A Little Cloud”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 84:",
"text": "Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him godspeed.",
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"ref": "1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “The Sixth Vision of Hell”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC, page 247:",
"text": "But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1688, Roger L’Estrange, “Bedloe and Prance Swore to the Plot as well as to the Murther”, in A Brief History of the Times, &c. Part III. Treating of the Death of Sir E[dmund] B[erry] Godfrey, London: […] R. Sare, […], →OCLC, part I, page 19:",
"text": "But juſt in the Godſpeed, the Plot vvas Diſcover'd.",
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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), →ISBN, page 291:",
"text": "I udn't mind seeing her come in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something.",
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"(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."
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"ref": "1858, Anthony Trollope, “Frank Gresham’s First Speech”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 124:",
"text": "If I don't leave you at the back of God-speed before long, I'll give you the mare and the horse too.",
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"ref": "1908 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Getting Married”, in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, London: Constable and Company, published 1911, →OCLC, page 278:",
"text": "mrs george. I have earned the right to speak. I have dared: I have gone through: I have not fallen withered into the fire: I have come at last out beyond, to the back of Godspeed. / the bishop. And what do you see there, at the back of Godspeed?",
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"(countable, figuratively)",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˌɡɑdˈspid/",
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"word": "God-speed"
},
{
"word": "God speed"
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"word": "godspeed"
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{
"word": "good speed"
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"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"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "most important part of something, or point at which something happens",
"word": "kohokohta"
}
],
"word": "Godspeed"
}
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