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HEAVEN-SENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does heaven-sent mean?

• HEAVEN-SENT (adjective)
The adjective HEAVEN-SENT has 1 sense:

1. peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

Familiarity information: HEAVEN-SENT used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEAVEN-SENT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention

Synonyms:

heaven-sent; providential; miraculous

Context examples:

a heaven-sent rain saved the crops / a providential recovery

Similar:

fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)

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