Paradise Meaning
/ˈpæɹədaɪs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
nounA garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
Sentence Examples
Hawaii is known as an earthly paradise.
The island is a paradise for children.
The biggest defeat for an atheist is ending up in paradise.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The island with white sand and clear water is a tropical ____ for vacationers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The tropical island felt like ____ with its white sand beaches, clear water, and warm sunshine.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And Jesus said unto him [the malefactor], Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 23:43:
"This employment I considered as the only satisfaction I could offer to the memory of your unfortunate mother, and I flatter myself that if she could look down, it would give her angelic mind pleasure even in paradise, to behold me instilling into the minds of her children, sentiments congenial with her own."
— 1791, Charlotte Lennox, “Hermione”, in London, volume 1, William Lane, page 123:
"The imagination of the Hindoo paints his Swergas as "profuse of bliss," and all the joys of sense are collected in the Paradise of the Mussulman."
— 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 71:
"He hears his daughter's voice, / Singing in the village choir, / And it makes his heart rejoice. / It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise!"
— 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Miscellaneous.] w:The Village Blacksmith.”, in Ballads and Other Poems, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1842, →OCLC, stanzas 5–6, page 101:
"I believe the soul in Paradise must enjoy something nearer to a perpetual adulthood than to any other state we know."
— 2004, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead, London: Virago, published 2005, page 189:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The island with white sand and clear water is a tropical ____ for vacationers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The tropical island felt like ____ with its white sand beaches, clear water, and warm sunshine.