god

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A supernatural being with great powers that people worship.

   The ancient Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses.

2. 2
   name

   The single supreme being worshipped in religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

   She prayed to God every night.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who is admired for being extremely good at something.

   To his fans, the singer was a god.

Common collocations

• personal god Adjective + noun
• invoke god Verb + noun

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Cognates Cognate with Scots God (“God”), Yola God, Gud (“God”), gud (“god”), Saterland Frisian God (“God”), West Frisian God (“God”), god (“deity, god”), Alemannic German, Cimbrian, German, Luxembourgish and Mòcheno Gott (“God”), Central Franconian Jott (“God”), Dutch god (“deity, god”), Limburgish Gód (“God”), gód (“god”), Vilamovian Göt (“God”), Yiddish…

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