heavens
see also: Heavens
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈhɛvənz/
Noun

heavens (plural p)

  1. (often with 'the') The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene i], page 66 ↗, column 2:
      For what obſcured light the heauens did grant, […]
    • 1625, Nathanæl Carpenter, Geography delineated forth in two bookes, I iv 77:
      […] the Heauens, which are carryed in 24 houres from Eaſt to Weſt, […]
    • 1981, E.R. Harrison, Cosmology, XII 250:
      […] in an infinitely large universe the stars would collectively outshine the Sun and flood the heavens with light far more intense than is observed.
  2. (religion) plural form of heaven: the abode of God or the gods; the abode of the blessed departed.
    • 1832, Charles Coleman, The Mythology of the Hindus, XIII 220:
      Like the Buddhas, they [the Jains] believe that there is a plurality of heavens and hells;
  3. (rare) plural form of heaven: the near sky of the weather, etc.
  4. (rare) plural form of heaven the will of God or the gods, Providence.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Daniel 4:26 ↗, column 1:
      […] after that thou ſhalt haue knowen that the heauens doe rule.
Translations Translations Interjection
  1. An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Chapter IX: A Novice”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗, page 359 ↗:
      Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
Synonyms Translations Verb
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative of heaven

Heavens
Etymology

Variant of Evans.

Proper noun
  1. Surname.



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