Tidings

Tidings
Tidings Ti"dings, n. pl. [OE. tidinge, ti?inge, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. t[=i]?indi; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. t[=i]dan to happen, E. betide, tide. See {Tide}, v. i. & n.] Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. [1913 Webster]

I shall make my master glad with these tidings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Note: Although tidings is plural in form, it has been used also as a singular. By Shakespeare it was used indiscriminately as a singular or plural. [1913 Webster]

Now near the tidings of our comfort is. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Tidings to the contrary Are brought your eyes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: News; advice; information; intelligence.

Usage: {Tidings}, {News}. The term news denotes recent intelligence from any quarter; the term tidings denotes intelligence expected from a particular quarter, showing what has there betided. We may be indifferent as to news, but are always more or less interested in tidings. We read the news daily; we wait for tidings respecting an absent friend or an impending battle. We may be curious to hear the news; we are always anxious for tidings. [1913 Webster]

Evil news rides post, while good news baits. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

What tidings dost thou bring? --Addison. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • tidings — index intelligence (news), report (detailed account), story (narrative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tidings — *news, intelligence, advice …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tidings — [n] greetings, news advice, bulletin, communication, dirt, information, intelligence, message, report, word; concept 274 …   New thesaurus

  • tidings — ► PLURAL NOUN literary ▪ news; information. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • tidings — [tī′diŋz] pl.n. [ME, pl. of tidinge < OE tidung (< tidan: see TIDE2); akin to Ger zeitung, newspaper] news; information …   English World dictionary

  • tidings — n. 1) to bear, bring tidings 2) to receive tidings 3) glad; sad tidings * * * [ taɪdɪŋz] bring tidings sad tidings glad to bear to receive tidings …   Combinatory dictionary

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  • tidings — [[t]ta͟ɪdɪŋz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu adj N, oft N of n You can use tidings to refer to news that someone tells you. [FORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] He hated always to be the bearer of bad tidings... I dare to hope that your heart will be touched by the… …   English dictionary

  • tidings — /tuy dingz/, n. (sometimes used with a sing. v.) news, information, or intelligence: sad tidings. [bef. 1100; ME; OE tidung; c. D tijding, G Zeitung news; akin to ON tithindi. See TIDE2, ING1] * * * …   Universalium

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