plural gods
1
God
: the supreme or ultimate reality: such as
a
: the being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe
Throughout the patristic and medieval periods, Christian theologians taught that God created the universe …—
Jame Schaefer
Jame Schaefer… the Supreme Being or God, the personal form of the Ultimate Reality, is conceived by Hindus as having various aspects.—Sunita Pant Bansal
Sunita Pant Bansal
b
Christian Science
: the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind
2
or less commonly God
: a being or object that is worshipped as having more than natural attributes and powers
specifically
: one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality
Greek gods of love and war
3
: a person or thing of supreme value
had photos of baseball's gods pinned to his bedroom wall
4
: a powerful ruler
Hollywood gods that control our movies' fates
Synonyms
Examples of god in a Sentence
Noun
Does she believe in God?
I pray to God that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt
a myth about the god of war
an offering for the gods
a professor who was regarded as a kind of god
a guitar god like Jimi Hendrix
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Muscular women With the arrival of new gods like Imane Khelif, Katy O’Brian, and Jaycee Cooper, society feels more than primed to welcome an enclave of majestic and muscular women — women that have always been here, but are getting a new moment in the spotlight.
—Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
The name harkens back to the building’s first chapter and its founder, and its emblem Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and fertility.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
The angry gods of embarrassing metaphors smote the president mere minutes into reinterpretation of the historical record, short-circuiting his teleprompter.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Magic Leap, another of the old gods of VR, has also recently ended support for its first headset and laid off its sales and marketing teams in a pivot of some kind.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Muscular women With the arrival of new gods like Imane Khelif, Katy O’Brian, and Jaycee Cooper, society feels more than primed to welcome an enclave of majestic and muscular women — women that have always been here, but are getting a new moment in the spotlight.
—Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
The name harkens back to the building’s first chapter and its founder, and its emblem Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and fertility.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
The angry gods of embarrassing metaphors smote the president mere minutes into reinterpretation of the historical record, short-circuiting his teleprompter.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 11 Dec. 2024
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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/god. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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