godsend

/'gɔdsend/
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godsend

The unexpected grant was a godsend for the small research team.

Definition

Noun: A very helpful or valuable event, person, or thing that is unexpected or arrives at a time of great need; a welcome and timely piece of good fortune.

Usage

The word "godsend" is used to describe something that provides great and often unexpected help or advantage. It implies that the benefit feels as if it were a gift from a divine source. It is commonly used as a predicate noun following a linking verb like "be" or "prove to be."

Examples
  • The sudden rain was a godsend for the drought-stricken farmers.
  • Her organizational skills were a godsend to the chaotic office.
  • This grant money is an absolute godsend for our research project.
  • Finding that parking spot right in front of the store was a real godsend.
Advanced Usage
  • "prove to be a godsend": To later be revealed or confirmed as something very beneficial.
    • The online collaboration tools proved to be a godsend during the pandemic.
  • "nothing short of a godsend": Used for emphasis to mean something is completely and undeniably a great benefit.
    • The volunteer's assistance was nothing short of a godsend.
Variants and Related Words
  • Godsend is a closed compound noun. There is no direct verb or adjective form. The related concept is often expressed with phrases.
  • Windfall (n): An unexpected financial gain or piece of good fortune. (More specifically financial than "godsend").
  • Boon (n): A thing that is helpful or beneficial. (Similar in meaning but less emphasis on the unexpected, "heaven-sent" quality).
Synonyms
  • Blessing
  • Stroke of luck
  • Bonanza
  • Manna from heaven
Idioms and Phrases
  • "A gift from the gods": A phrase with a very similar meaning to "godsend," emphasizing the feeling of a divine blessing.
    • The ceasefire was a gift from the gods for the weary civilians.
  • "Like manna from heaven": An idiom referring to the biblical story of food provided by God, used to describe something that arrives exactly when needed.
    • The food donations arrived like manna from heaven after the hurricane.
godsend

The unexpected grant was a godsend for the small research team.

Noun
  1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
    • the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

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