tidings

«tidings» in Mova's school dictionary: News or information, especially important news — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tidings — plural, old-fashioned)

meaning for a pupil

1) News or information, especially important news. tree →

2) In Christmas songs and the Bible: «good tidings» means good news. tree →

sense in the lessons

An old-fashioned and literary word. You meet it in Christmas carols («Good tidings we bring to you and your kin», «O tidings of comfort and joy»), in the Bible (the angel brings «good tidings of great joy» to the shepherds), and in old stories where messengers bring tidings. In The Wind in the Willows the animals pass tidings along the river bank.

examples

• The messenger brought tidings from the king. tree →
• Good tidings we bring to you and your kin! tree →
• The angel brought good tidings to the shepherds. tree →
• We waited anxiously for tidings of the lost ship. tree →
• Glad tidings! The baby has arrived. tree →
• The Rat brought tidings of Toad's latest crash. tree →
• He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings. tree →

note

Plural noun with plural verb: «The tidings were good.» Old-fashioned; today say «news». Not related to sea tides.

In the corpora

• And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on him his ornaments.
• And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom.
• A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.
• Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace!
• The Lord giveth the word; the women that proclaim the tidings are a great host.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tidings» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.