English Dictionary
Definition of “tidings”
tidings (ˈtaɪdɪŋz
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Definitions
plural noun
- information or news
Word Origin
Old English tīdung; related to Middle Low German tīdinge information, Old Norse tidhendi events; see tide²
Synonyms
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news,
report,
word,
message,
latest,
information,
communication,
intelligence,
bulletin,
gen,
Usage examples
Long ere I came to Isengard I had heard tidings by the way that could not be mistaken.
J.R.R. Tolkien, THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)Pharma companies brought good tidings , mainly because of the growth in domestic sales.
Business Today (2001)Almost immediately Arsenal's misery was compounded by further bad tidings from La Coruna as Leverkusen increased their lead.
Irish Times (2002)Once summing up the lushness of life at its most easeful, bordering even on the spiritual -- good tidings of comfort and joy!
Times, Sunday Times (2005)And if anybody had come then with tidings of the future they would have been scourged from the gate nobody would have believed.
Fergal Keane, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE: A Memoir (2005)
