"heavens" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈhɛvənz/ Audio: en-us-heavens.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvənz Head templates: {{en-interj}} heavens
  1. An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. Synonyms (expression of surprise): wow Synonyms (expression of various negative emotions): for crying out loud, for Christ's sake, for God's sake, for goodness' sake, for pity's sake, good grief Derived forms: good heavens, great heavens, heavens above, heavens to Betsy, merciful heavens, thank heavens Translations (expression of surprise): sapristi (French), sapperlot (German), āwaiā (Maori), céus! (Portuguese), credo! (Portuguese), santo Deus! (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-intj-JtsiNvJU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heavens to Murgatroyd

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛvənz/ Audio: en-us-heavens.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvənz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} heavens pl (plural only)
  1. plural of heaven Tags: form-of, plural, plural-only Form of: heaven
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-noun-YlNyz2tp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 7 23 4 16 18 15 17

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛvənz/ Audio: en-us-heavens.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvənz Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} heavens (uncountable)
  1. (often with 'the') The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars. Tags: often, uncountable, with 'the'
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-noun-Yt7QINxU
  2. (religion) plural of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed. Tags: form-of, plural, uncountable Form of: heaven (extra: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed) Categories (topical): Religion Translations (the abode of God): hemelen [masculine, plural] (Dutch), taivas (Finnish), cieux [masculine, plural] (French), ceo [masculine] (Galician), Himmel [masculine, plural] (German), mbingu [plural] (Ngazidja Comorian), mbingu [plural] (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-noun-P-0~NNZ3 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'the abode of God': 0 60 0 39
  3. (rare) plural of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc. Tags: form-of, plural, rare, uncountable Form of: heaven (extra: the near sky of the weather, etc)
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-noun-mqq3EUL0
  4. (rare) plural of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence. Tags: form-of, plural, rare, uncountable Form of: heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-noun-NE~MqWAd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heaven of heavens, the heavens opened, though the heavens fall, heavens to Murgatroyd Translations (the sky): سَمَاوَات (samāwāt) [plural] (Arabic), нябёсы (njabjósy) [neuter, plural] (Belarusian), небеса́ (nebesá) [neuter, plural] (Bulgarian), 天空 (tiānkōng) (Chinese Mandarin), (tiān) (Chinese Mandarin), небеса (nebesa) [Cyrillic, neuter, plural] (Church Slavic), nebesa [neuter, plural] (Czech), taivas (Finnish), cieux [masculine, plural] (French), ceo [masculine] (Galician), Himmel [masculine] (German), ουρανός (ouranós) [masculine] (Greek), ég (Hungarian), cieli (Italian), 天上 (tenjō) (alt: てんじょう) (Japanese), (sora) (alt: そら) (Japanese), не́беса (nébesa) [neuter, plural] (Macedonian), niebiosa [neuter, plural] (Polish), céu [masculine] (Portuguese), небеса́ (nebesá) [neuter, plural] (Russian), небѐса [Cyrillic, neuter, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), nebèsa [Roman, neuter, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), nebesia [neuter, plural] (Slovak), nebesá [neuter, plural] (Slovak), nebesa [neuter, plural] (Slovene), himmel [common-gender] (Swedish), sangkalangitan (Tagalog), небеса́ (nebesá) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'the sky': 55 0 45 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɛvənz/ Audio: en-us-heavens.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛvənz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} heavens
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: heaven
    Sense id: en-heavens-en-verb-XOiY831P

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      "word": "ég"
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      "sense": "the sky",
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      "sense": "the sky",
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      "word": "niebiosa"
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      "sense": "the sky",
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          "sense": "expression of surprise",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "expression of surprise",
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          "ref": "1625, Nathanæl Carpenter, Geography delineated forth in two bookes, I iv 77",
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          "ref": "1930 March, Nature, volume 179, number 2",
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        },
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          "ref": "1981, E.R. Harrison, Cosmology, XII 250",
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          "ref": "1906 July 30, Washington Post, 12 4",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiānkōng",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "天空"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiān",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "天"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sky",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the sky",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the sky",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the sky",
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      ],
      "word": "ceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Himmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ouranós",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ουρανός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "ég"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "cieli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenjō",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "天上"
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    {
      "alt": "そら",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sora",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "空"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "word": "не́беса"
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    {
      "code": "cu",
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      "word": "небеса"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "niebiosa"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "céu"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "the sky",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "небеса́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "word": "небѐса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the sky",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "the sky",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "nebesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "word": "nebesá"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "word": "nebesa"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the sky",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "himmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "word": "sangkalangitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nebesá",
      "sense": "the sky",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "небеса́"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the abode of God",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hemelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the abode of God",
      "word": "taivas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the abode of God",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "the abode of God",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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        "plural"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
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      "sense": "the abode of God",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the abode of God",
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      "word": "mbingu"
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}

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      "word": "good heavens"
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      "word": "great heavens"
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    {
      "word": "heavens above"
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    {
      "word": "heavens to Betsy"
    },
    {
      "word": "heavens to Murgatroyd"
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      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "wow"
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    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "for crying out loud"
    },
    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "for Christ's sake"
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    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "for God's sake"
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    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "for goodness' sake"
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    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "for pity's sake"
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    {
      "sense": "expression of various negative emotions",
      "word": "good grief"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "sapristi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "sapperlot"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "āwaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "céus!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "credo!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "santo Deus!"
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}

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