noun
paradise
PA-ruh-dys
noun
1
A place or state of perfect happiness, often associated with heaven or the Garden of Eden.
"For many believers, paradise awaits after death."
2
Any place that feels ideal or blissful, especially for a particular kind of person or activity.
"The tropical island was a diver's paradise."
"This bookshop is paradise for anyone who loves old novels."
How to Use Paradise
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA perfect, blissful place — whether religious (heaven, Eden) or everyday (a "shopper's paradise").
Common pairings
tropical paradise
a shopper's paradise
paradise on earth
Word Forms
paradised past tense, paradises plural, paradises singular
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Etymology
From Greek paradeisos, originally meaning a walled garden or park, tracing back to a Persian word for an enclosed pleasure-ground — it displaced the earlier Old English word neorxnawang.