God

1. the spirit or power who Christians, Jews, and Muslims pray to and regard as the maker and ruler of the universe:
Most Americans believe in God.
We put our faith in God.
to pray to God

2. God/oh (my) God/good God (almighty) informal used to show that you are surprised, annoyed, or amused, or to emphasize what you are saying:
Oh God, how embarrassing!

3. God (only) knows informal
a) used to emphasize that you are annoyed because you do not know something, or because you think that something is unreasonable
God knows who/what/how etc
God knows what she’s doing in there.
b) used to emphasize what you are saying:
God knows, it hasn’t been easy.

4. for God’s sake informal used to emphasize what you are saying when you are annoyed:
Oh, for God’s sake, shut up!

5. God forbid (that) informal used to emphasize that you hope that something will not happen:
God forbid that she should ever hurt you.

6. honest to God informal used to emphasize that you are not lying or joking:
Honest to God, I didn’t tell her!

7. God help you/him etc informal used to warn someone that they will be punished for what they have done:
God help you if Mom comes home and you’re still here!

8. God help us informal usually humorous used when you think that something bad is going to happen:
‘Simon’s doing the cooking.’ ‘God help us!’

9. God bless used to show your affection for someone:
Goodnight, Jenny -- God bless.

10. God willing informal used to say that you hope there will be no problems:
We’ll be moving next month, God willing.

11. God-given received from God:
a God-given talent for singing
a God-given right (=the right to do something without asking anyone else’s opinion)

12. God rest his/her soul (also God rest him/her) old-fashioned used to show respect when speaking about someone who is dead

13. God moves in a mysterious way/mysterious ways saying a phrase from a Christian hymn (=a song of praise to God), meaning that God’s intentions are not always clear, sometimes used humorously to mean that a bad event or situation may bring unexpected advantages

14. God is in his heaven, all’s right with the world saying a phrase from a poem by Robert Browning

15. Man proposes, God disposes saying people can make plans but whether or not they are successful depends on God

16. My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? a phrase which, according to the Bible, was spoken by Jesus just before he died on the cross

17. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon saying a phrase from the Bible, meaning that you cannot spend all of your time trying to get rich and also be a good Christian

18. Nearer my God to Thee a Christian hymn. It was sung by the people on the ship the Titanic as it sank.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

god S1 W1 /ɡɒd $ ɡɑːd/ noun
[Language: Old English]

1. God the spirit or being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universe:
Prayer is a way of talking to God.
► In this sense, God is written with a capital letter and without ‘the’: We asked God (NOT the God) to help us. Expressions containing the word God such as oh my God are common in spoken English but can offend religious people.

2. [countable] a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality ⇒ goddess
god of
Mars, the god of war
Roman/Greek etc god
Zeus was one of the most well-known Greek gods.

3. God’s gift to somebody/something someone who thinks they are perfect or extremely attractive – used to show disapproval:
Paul thinks he’s God’s gift to women.

4. [countable] someone who is admired very much:
To his fans he is a god.

5. [countable] something which you give too much importance or respect to:
Money became his god.

6. the gods
a) the force that some people believe controls their lives, bringing them good or bad luck:
The gods are against us.
b) British English informal old-fashioned the seats high up and at the back of a theatre

7. God/oh (my) God/good God/God almighty spoken used to emphasize what you are saying, when you are surprised, annoyed, or amused:
Oh God, how embarrassing!

8. for God’s sake spoken used to emphasize something you are saying when you are annoyed:
For God’s sake, shut up!

9. I swear/hope/wish/pray to God spoken used to emphasize that you promise, hope etc that something is true:
I hope to God nothing goes wrong.

10. God forbid (that) spoken used to say that you very much hope that something will not happen:
God forbid that this should ever happen again.

11. God (only) knows spoken
a) used to show that you are annoyed because you do not know something, or because you think that something is unreasonable
God (only) knows who/what/how etc
God knows what she’s doing in there.
b) used to emphasize what you are saying:
God knows, it hasn’t been easy.

12. what/how/where/who in God’s name spoken used to emphasize a question when you are angry or surprised:
Where in God’s name have you been?

13. God help you/him etc spoken used to warn someone that something bad will happen:
God help you if you spill anything on the carpet.

14. God help us spoken said humorously when you think that something bad is going to happen:
‘Simon’s doing the cooking.’ ‘God help us!’

15. honest to God spoken used to emphasize that you are not lying or joking:
Honest to God, I didn’t tell her!

16. God willing spoken used to say that you hope there will be no problems:
We’ll be moving next month, God willing.

17. God bless spoken used to say that you hope someone will be safe and happy, especially when you are saying goodbye:
Good night and God bless.

18. God give me strength! spoken used when you are becoming annoyed

19. there is a God! spoken said when someone is explaining that something very good happened to them at a time when they thought that their situation was very bad:
In walked four gorgeous, blond Swedish boys, and I thought, ‘There is a God!’

20. God rest his/her soul (also God rest him/her) spoken old use used to show respect when speaking about someone who is dead

21. by God spoken old use used to emphasize how determined or surprised you are
⇒ there but for the grace of God at grace¹(6), ⇒ in the lap of the gods at lap¹(6), ⇒ play God at play¹(8), ⇒ thank God/goodness/heavens at thank(2)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

god
noun
ADJ. pagan | Christian, Greek, Roman, etc. | heathen, false those who follow false gods
fertility | sun
VERB + GOD believe in, follow, have Do you believe in God? Muslims have only one God.
praise, pray to, thank, worship The people worshipped pagan gods.
GOD + VERB exist Can we prove that God exists?
PREP. ~ of the Roman god of war
PHRASES faith in God Nothing ever shook her faith in God.
the will of God He saw the accident as the will of God.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

god

believe in God
Do you believe in God?
pray to God
They prayed to God for forgiveness.
worship God (=show love and respect for God)
Hinduism tells everyone to worship God in his own faith.
praise God
They came to the church to praise God.
God exists
I believe that God exists.
belief/faith in God
About one-third of the population has no belief in God.
Her faith in God helped her deal with her illness.
God’s will/the will of God (=what God wants to happen)
He believed it was God’s will that they should suffer.
Almighty God/God Almighty (=used to emphasize God's power)
He swore by Almighty God to tell the truth.
the word of God (=what God says)
Missionaries traveled the world to tell people the word of God.
a gift from God
Life is a gift from God.
God’s existence/the existence of God
Philosophers argued about the existence of God.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality:
Odin was the Viking god of war.
goddess a female god:
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon
deity a god. Deity is more formal than god:
a Hindu deity
Roman deities
the Supreme Deity
idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god:
a bronze idol
atheist noun, adjective someone who believes that God does not exist:
I’m a confirmed atheist.
agnostic noun, adjective someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not:
He was an agnostic rather than an atheist.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

God
See: IN THE LAP OP THE GODS also ON THE KNEES OP THE GODS, MY GOD or MY GOODNESS, WOULD THAT or WOULD GOD.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

GOD
Gaining One's Definition 
Gathering Of Developers 
Getting Off Drugs 
Good Orderly Direction (AA higher power) 
Great Out Doors 
Greatest of Designers 
Group Of Drunks (AA higher power) 
Grow or Die

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