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# heaven

«heaven» in Mova's school dictionary: **In many religions, the place where God or gods live and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (heaven, heavens; also Heaven)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In many religions, the place where God or gods live and where good people are believed to go after they die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#m1)

2) A very happy or pleasant place or state («this cake is heaven!»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#m2)

3) (old or poetic) «The heavens»: the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#m3)

4) Used in exclamations: «Good heavens!», «Heavens!», «For heaven's sake!», «Thank heavens!», «Heaven knows». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, religious education and poems; in everyday speech as a mild exclamation of surprise or annoyance and to say something is lovely. A euphemism for dying: «gone to heaven». Phrases: «in heaven», «heaven on earth», «in seventh heaven» (very happy), «heaven forbid».

### examples

- Some people believe Grandpa is in heaven now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x1)
- (euphemism) «Our cat has gone to heaven,» Mum said gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x2)
- This hot chocolate is heaven! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x3)
- Good heavens, look at all this mess! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x4)
- The heavens opened and it poured with rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x5)
- For heaven's sake, stop shouting! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x6)
- She was in seventh heaven when she got a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x7)
- Heaven helps those who help themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/#x8)

### note

Opposite: hell. Adjective «heavenly» (lovely, or of the sky). «Heavens!» is polite, not swearing. People of different religions have different beliefs about heaven — be respectful.

### In the corpora

- [He thinks he is «a heaven-born driver» whom nobody can teach.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/17/)
- ["Gone to doggy heaven" is a gentle, half-joking way to tell a child the dog died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/21/)
- ["Heaven forbid" means I really hope that does not happen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/8/)
- ["Heaven knows" means God knows, that is, nobody knows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/10/)
- ["For heaven's sake" is a polite way of saying "for God's sake", said in annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heaven» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heaven/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.