heavens
4
1.4
- noun
- /ˈhɛvənz/
- Literature
:
cielos
- As night fell, the stars began to shine brightly in the heavens above.
Both of them want to figure things out about how the heavens work, right?
- Both of them want to figure things out about how the heavens work, right?
- We just walked outside and the heavens have come to earth.
- So anyway, the slit is up to the high heavens.
Examples
-
"God is the creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
-
The Heavens declare the glory of God.
-
Both of them want to figure things out about how the heavens work, right?
-
We just walked outside and the heavens have come to earth.
-
Why do we have messengers from the heavens in the sky?
-
There's not a star in heaven that we can reach.
-
His revised and printed response was formal, but in person he was abrupt: "Heavens no!"
Blog text (6) -
He is the author of Signs in the Heavens: A Muslim Astronomer's Perspective on Religion and Science.
Academic text (1995) -
Archangel of the Heavens.
-
Bringing the Heavens to Earth as "intellectually solid and compelling... it bridges the gap effectively between the sciences and the humanities."
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The space above the earth that looks blue in daytime
50
1.1
The sky at night that shows stars and the moon
13
9.9
The sky above the earth that people imagine as a wide dome with stars
8
6.8
The imaginary surface around the Earth where stars and planets appear
1
9.9
The sky above the earth where clouds and stars appear
1
9.9
The highest part of the sky thought to be where heaven is
1
8.4
An imaginary ball around the Earth in the sky where stars and planets appear to be
The sky that looks like a big bowl holding the sun, moon, and stars
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heavens comes from very old words that meant the high 'sky' or the 'roof' over the earth, and it is related to words like German Himmel. That's why heavens still means the wide 'sky' or the space where the sun, moon, and stars are seen.