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How to pronounce blessing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boon
Type of good luck, luckiness, good fortune
Has types mercy


enjoy the blessings of peace.
Type Words
Synonyms approval, approving
Type of support
Has types espousal, championship, patronage, backup, backing, appreciation, adoption, admiration, reinforcement, reward, acceptation, acceptance


he gave the project his blessing.
Type Words
Synonyms benediction
Type of prayer, supplication
Derivation bless
Type Words
Synonyms grace, thanksgiving
Type of petition, orison, prayer
Type Words
Synonyms benediction
Type of prayer, petition, orison
Has types benison
Derivation bless

Examples of blessing

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The blessing celebrated the feast day of Saint Francis, patron saint of animals.
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It will be broken very badly, but that in itself will be a blessing in disguise.
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No, you won't have to wear a green Spandex costume, and what a blessing that is.
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The new speaker in 1995, Georgian Newt Gingrich, gave the practice his blessing.
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With the family's blessing, he helped put Brianne's plight on the national news.
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It was a day that I will keep in my heart as a blessing for the rest of my life.
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One way to earn this blessing is by being kind and charitable to others in need.
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Participants are invited to bring pets, farm animals, and plants for a blessing.
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There are also a few fine, clear-eyed, intelligent robins and that's a blessing.
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More examples
  • The formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"
  • A desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
  • Grace: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace"
  • Benediction: a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
  • (bless) give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
  • (bless) confer prosperity or happiness on
  • A blessing, (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hope or approval.
  • Blessing is a poem is set in a settlement in Dharavi in India, and it describes the pandemonium that would occur if a huge water folly were to burst and shower the parched locals with water. The water is described as "the voice of a kindly god", "silver" and a "blessing". ...
  • Blessing in Roman Catholicism, in the narrow liturgical sense, is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to Divine service or by which certain marks ...