English-Thai Dictionary

tidings

N ข่าว  ข่าวคราว  information kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIDINGS

n.plu. News; advice; information; intelligence; account of what has taken place, and was not before known. I shall make my master glad with these tidings.
Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:1 .

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TIDINGS

Ti "dings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. tidinge, ti, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. ti; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. tidan to happen, E. betide, tide. See Tide, v. i. & n.]

 

Defn: Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith.

 

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. Now near the tidings of our comfort is. Shak. Tidings to the contrary Are brought your eyes. Shak.

 

Syn. -- News; advice; information; intelligence. -- 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. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. What tidings dost thou bring Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tidings

ti dings |ˈtīdiNGz ˈtaɪdɪŋz | ▶plural noun literary news; information: the bearer of glad tidings. ORIGIN late Old English tīdung ‘announcement, piece of news, ’ probably from Old Norse títhindi ‘news of events, ’ from títhr ‘occurring. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tidings

tid ¦ings |ˈtʌɪdɪŋz | ▶plural noun literary news; information: the bearer of glad tidings. ORIGIN late Old English tīdung ‘announcement, piece of news ’, probably from Old Norse títhindi ‘news of events ’, from títhr ‘occurring ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tidings

tidings plural noun literary what tidings do you bring us from across the wide ocean? news, information, intelligence, word, reports, dispatches, notification, communication, latest; informal info, scuttlebutt, lowdown, scoop.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tidings

tidings plural noun literary the bearer of good tidings. See news.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tidings

tid ings /táɪdɪŋz /名詞 ｟古 ｠〖複数扱い 〗知らせ, 便り .