Definitions for Paradise
ˈpær əˌdaɪs, -ˌdaɪzpar·adis·e

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-lanoun

   any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

2. Paradisenoun

   (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. paradisenoun

   Heaven.

2. paradisenoun

   A very pleasant place.

3. paradisenoun

   A very positive experience.

4. Paradisenoun

   Heaven.

5. Paradisenoun

   The Garden of Eden.

6. Etymology: From French paradis, from Latin paradisus, from Greek παράδεισος ‘royal park, orchard’, from Avestan
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PARADISEnoun

   Etymology: παϱάδεισος; paradise, Fr.

   1. The blissful regions, in which the first pair was placed.

   Longer in that paradise to dwell,
   The law I gave to nature him forbids. John Milton.

   2. Any place of felicity.

   What fool is not so wise,
   To lose an oath to win a paradise. William Shakespeare.

   Consideration, like an angel, came,
   And whipt th’ offending Adam out of him;
   Leaving his body as a paradise,
   T’ invelope and contain celestial spirits. William Shakespeare.

   If ye should lead her into a fool’s paradise,
   It were very gross behaviour. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   Why, nature, bower the spirit of a fiend
   In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh. William Shakespeare.

   The earth
   Shall all be paradise, far happier place,
   Than this of Eden, and far happier days. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paradise

   Paradise is an extended play (EP) by British-American musician Anohni, released on 17 March 2017 by Secretly Canadian. The lead single, also titled "Paradise", was released on 26 January 2017. As with Anohni's previous album, Hopelessness, Paradise features collaborations with Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never. The EP includes seven tracks, one of which called "I Never Stopped Loving You" has not been publicly released and was able to be acquired by sending Anohni, via her e-mail address, a personal e-mail sharing with her "...a sentence or two what you care most about, or your hopes for the future. Send this to me instead of the dollar you used to send me in the olden days."

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paradise

   Paradise is a term that refers to a place, state, or condition of extreme happiness, beauty, or delight, often depicted as a perfect, idyllic locale free from pain, suffering, or hardship. It is often associated with religious concepts of an afterlife or heavenly realm. It can also simply refer to any cherished place of great pleasure or homeland. The specifics can vary widely between different cultures, religions, and individual perceptions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Paradisenoun

   the garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation

2. Paradisenoun

   the abode of sanctified souls after death

3. Paradisenoun

   a place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness

4. Paradisenoun

   an open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc

5. Paradisenoun

   a churchyard or cemetery

6. Paradiseverb

   to affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch

7. Etymology: [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Paradise

   Paradise is a religious or metaphysical term for a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and eternal. It is conceptually a counter-image of the supposed miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness. Paradise is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, in contrast to this world, or underworlds such as Hell. Paradisaical notions are cross-cultural, often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both. In eschatological contexts, paradise is imagined as an abode of the virtuous dead. In Christian and Islamic understanding, Heaven is a paradisaical relief, evident for example in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus tells a penitent criminal crucified alongside him that they will be together in paradise. In old Egyptian beliefs, the otherworld is Aaru, the reed-fields of ideal hunting and fishing grounds where the dead lived after judgment. For the Celts, it was the Fortunate Isle of Mag Mell. For the classical Greeks, the Elysian fields was a paradisaical land of plenty where the heroic and righteous dead hoped to spend eternity. The Vedic Indians held that the physical body was destroyed by fire but recreated and reunited in the Third Heaven in a state of bliss. In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the "Best Existence" and the "House of Song" are places of the righteous dead. On the other hand, in cosmological contexts 'paradise' describes the world before it was tainted by evil. So for example, the Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall from grace, and the perfect state that will be restored in the World to Come.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paradise

   par′a-dīs, n. a park or pleasure-ground, esp. in ancient Persia: the garden of Eden: heaven: any place of great beauty or state of blissful delights: the happy abode of the righteous in heaven: (slang) the upper gallery in a theatre: (archit.) a small private apartment, a court in front of a church.—adjs. Paradisā′ic, -al, Paradis′iac, -al, pertaining to, or resembling, paradise.—n. Par′adise-fish, a Chinese species of Macropid often kept in aquaria for its beauty of form and colouring.—adjs. Paradis′ial, Paradis′ian, pertaining to, suitable to, or resembling paradise; Paradis′ic, -al, pertaining to paradise.—Bird Of Paradise, an Eastern bird closely allied to the crow, with splendid plumage. [Fr. paradis—L. paradisus—Gr. paradeisos, a park, prob. Persian.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paradise

   1. A place where one is permitted to continue one's vices, excesses and inanities for an eternity. 2. A postmortem rake-off. 3. Any place from which one can see a friend in Hell. 4. One good telephone system. (Christians, Mohammedans and Billysundays have promised themselves a cheerful time after death; this they call _Paradise_. The Jews are the only people who have no Paradise beyond the tomb; this is easily explained when it is remembered that they own New York.)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paradisenoun

   The face value meaning of a covenant imagining to project our mind state after death advertising a change in motion or direction with forming nouns of quality, state, or a functioning expertise. 1.) Heaven as the ultimate abode of the just; the Garden of Eden. An ideal or idyllic place or state.

   Paradise to me is the mind and body of my mysterious bride.

   Etymology: A Kingdom

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 27, 2024  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PARADISE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Paradise is ranked #7933 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Paradise surname appeared 4,170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Paradise.
   
   89.7% or 3,741 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 161 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 139 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 87 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 22 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 20 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for Paradise »

1. Paradesi

2. sparidae

How to pronounce Paradise?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Paradise in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Paradise in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Paradise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Paradise in a Sentence

1. Jorge Luis Borges:

   I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

2. John Lancaster Spalding:

   As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

3. Brock Long:

   This is a very complex disaster. Probably one of the most complicated disasters this nation has ever seen when it comes to Paradise.

4. Desiree Smith:

   I was coming down to have a swim, but I think I might pass now, it doesn't seem like paradise when you think that there could be nasties floating in it.

5. Mam Bashir:

   It was like paradise, but now it's ruined, my heart is burning.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Paradise
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paradise
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Paradise
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Paradise
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Paradise
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Paradise
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Paradise
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html