Paradise
noun
A very beautiful, pleasing or peaceful place that appears to be perfect.
The tropical island was a paradise for all of us
Often appears as...
- tropical paradise
- paradise on earth
noun
In certain religions, the perfect place where people are believed to go after they die.
She believed that her loved ones were in paradise now
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Religious
noun
A pleasant place or condition.
This place is a paradise for bird watchers
Often appears as...
- paradise for someone
- live in paradise
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Colloquial
noun
A large enclosed park where game are kept.
The king frequently visited the royal paradise to hunt
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Historical
noun
An ideal or idyllic place or state.
She refers to her childhood as a paradise
Often appears as...
- childhood paradise
- find one's paradise
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Poetic
noun
A very beautiful, pleasing or peaceful place that appears to be perfect.
The tropical island was a paradise for all of us
Often appears as...
- tropical paradise
- paradise on earth
noun
In certain religions, the perfect place where people are believed to go after they die.
She believed that her loved ones were in paradise now
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A pleasant place or condition.
This place is a paradise for bird watchers
Often appears as...
- paradise for someone
- live in paradise
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A large enclosed park where game are kept.
The king frequently visited the royal paradise to hunt
Usage tips
Historical
noun
An ideal or idyllic place or state.
She refers to her childhood as a paradise
Often appears as...
- childhood paradise
- find one's paradise
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative use
Used figuratively to emphasize extraordinary beauty or delight in a place or situation.
The new park is a paradise for children with its water slides and play areas.
Pro Tip 2/2Feelings attached
Conveys feelings of joy, contentment, and tranquility often associated with 'paradise'.
Retiring by the sea is my idea of paradise.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative use
Used figuratively to emphasize extraordinary beauty or delight in a place or situation.
The new park is a paradise for children with its water slides and play areas.
Pro Tip 2/2Feelings attached
Conveys feelings of joy, contentment, and tranquility often associated with 'paradise'.
Retiring by the sea is my idea of paradise.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative use
Used figuratively to emphasize extraordinary beauty or delight in a place or situation.
The new park is a paradise for children with its water slides and play areas.
Pro Tip 2/2Feelings attached
Conveys feelings of joy, contentment, and tranquility often associated with 'paradise'.
Retiring by the sea is my idea of paradise.
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A one-man musical...
I grew up in this room filled with musical instruments, but most importantly, I had a family who encouraged me to invest in my own imagination, and so things I created, things I built were good things to be building just because I was making them, and I think that's such an important idea. But this room was my paradise, essentially,
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The greatest TED Talk...
little nervous I want to help you calm down so maybe you should maybe you should put some on for the interview this little offer you know one of this fabulous says whether it's a floral fusion or paradise wins you know they'll have their chance you know what we will have have them geared for both male or female you know solid
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A brief history of...
But is there something sad about a world without sadness? Our cavemen ancestors and favorite poets might not want any part of such a paradise. In fact, the only things about sadness that seem universally agreed upon are that it has been felt by most people throughout time, and that for thousands of years,
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
extremely valuable and important to our project working on birds of paradise and so for me I was a biologist mostly working on birds of paradise that I could see from the ground or near the ground and there's a lot of them but there are plenty that I wouldn't have been able to have access to at all if it
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Filming Birds of...
it was for planet earth one and birds of paradise always a kind of a holy grail subject for wildlife cameramen these are famously difficult birds they're relentlessly hunted they're nervous they're in the crow family they're incredibly clever and yeah they were definitely going to
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His Epic Message Will...
positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are family literally everything every
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Inside the new Old World...
person and long slender jaws to catch fish I think that this animal makes our imaginary and fictional dragons look very boring very few plant eating Giants inhabit our Predators paradise the ones that do venture here have to fend off
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Can you solve Dongle's...
three galactic terraformers shaped it into a paradise. When their work was done, they sought out new worlds, but left the source of their power three powerful golden hexagons,
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On reading the Koran -...
instance that little matter of versions and paradise old-fashioned orientalism comes into play here the word used four times is hurris rendered as dark-eyed maidens with
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Bully Bottlenose...
this kind of body language helps to reinforce relationships and keep the peace but there's trouble in paradise large bottlenose dolphins also live here
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A one-man musical...
I grew up in this room filled with musical instruments, but most importantly, I had a family who encouraged me to invest in my own imagination, and so things I created, things I built were good things to be building just because I was making them, and I think that's such an important idea. But this room was my paradise, essentially,
Video examples
The greatest TED Talk...
little nervous I want to help you calm down so maybe you should maybe you should put some on for the interview this little offer you know one of this fabulous says whether it's a floral fusion or paradise wins you know they'll have their chance you know what we will have have them geared for both male or female you know solid
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A brief history of...
But is there something sad about a world without sadness? Our cavemen ancestors and favorite poets might not want any part of such a paradise. In fact, the only things about sadness that seem universally agreed upon are that it has been felt by most people throughout time, and that for thousands of years,
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
extremely valuable and important to our project working on birds of paradise and so for me I was a biologist mostly working on birds of paradise that I could see from the ground or near the ground and there's a lot of them but there are plenty that I wouldn't have been able to have access to at all if it
Video examples
Filming Birds of...
it was for planet earth one and birds of paradise always a kind of a holy grail subject for wildlife cameramen these are famously difficult birds they're relentlessly hunted they're nervous they're in the crow family they're incredibly clever and yeah they were definitely going to
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are family literally everything every
Video examples
Inside the new Old World...
person and long slender jaws to catch fish I think that this animal makes our imaginary and fictional dragons look very boring very few plant eating Giants inhabit our Predators paradise the ones that do venture here have to fend off
Video examples
Can you solve Dongle's...
three galactic terraformers shaped it into a paradise. When their work was done, they sought out new worlds, but left the source of their power three powerful golden hexagons,
Video examples
On reading the Koran -...
instance that little matter of versions and paradise old-fashioned orientalism comes into play here the word used four times is hurris rendered as dark-eyed maidens with
Video examples
Bully Bottlenose...
this kind of body language helps to reinforce relationships and keep the peace but there's trouble in paradise large bottlenose dolphins also live here
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Margaret Keane
American Artist
The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too.
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Kyp Malone
American Musician
I don't think that three minutes of music on a commercial record is going to bring paradise, but I feel like there is power in music and power in our words and power in what we put out into the world.
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Anne Bancroft
American Actress
Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.
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Frei Otto
German Architect
I have only one dream. It is the oldest of humanity, of man, in time. It is paradise. I would like to give paradise to everyone.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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Cree Summer
American Actress
My father said, 'Let's raise our child in a paradise instead of a parking lot,' and that's what they did.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
Africa is a paradise. You meet people who look at life differently. They love the adventure.
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Rebecca Mader
English Actress
It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.
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Dario Argento
Italian Director
Paradise is too perfect for humanity.
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Margaret Keane
American Artist
The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too.
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Kyp Malone
American Musician
I don't think that three minutes of music on a commercial record is going to bring paradise, but I feel like there is power in music and power in our words and power in what we put out into the world.
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Anne Bancroft
American Actress
Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.
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Frei Otto
German Architect
I have only one dream. It is the oldest of humanity, of man, in time. It is paradise. I would like to give paradise to everyone.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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Cree Summer
American Actress
My father said, 'Let's raise our child in a paradise instead of a parking lot,' and that's what they did.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein
Swiss Celebrity
Africa is a paradise. You meet people who look at life differently. They love the adventure.
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Rebecca Mader
English Actress
It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.
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Dario Argento
Italian Director
Paradise is too perfect for humanity.
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