tidings
11tidings — /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] * * * …
12tidings — tid|ings [ˈtaıdıŋz] n [plural] [: Old English; Origin: tidung event, piece of news , from tidan to happen ] old use news good/glad tidings (=good news) …
13tidings — tid|ings [ taıdıŋz ] noun plural an old word meaning news : glad/good tidings (=good news) …
14tidings — [OE] Tidings is etymologically ‘that which happens’. It is closely related to English tide, in the sense ‘happen’ (as in betide). It was adapted from Old Norse títhendi ‘happenings, events, news’, a derivative of the adjective títhr ‘happening’.… …
15tidings — noun (plural) old use news: good/glad tidings (=good news) …
16tidings — plural noun, literary what tidings do you bring us from across the wide ocean? Syn: news, information, intelligence, word, reports, dispatches, notification, communication, latest; informal info, scuttlebutt, lowdown, scoop …
17tidings — n news, word, notification, advice; good news, glad tidings; bad news; information, Inf. low down, Inf. scoop, Sl. dope, Sl. poop; talk, rumor, buzz, whisper, Inf. scuttlebutt, Inf. hearsay, Archaic. bruit …
18tidings — UK [ˈtaɪdɪŋz] / US noun [plural] an old word meaning news glad/good tidings (= good news) …
19tidings — ti•dings [[t]ˈtaɪ dɪŋz[/t]] n. (sometimes used with a sing. v.) news, information, or notification: sad tidings[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1100; ME; late OE tīdung, perh. as calque of ON tīthindi. See tide II, ing I …
20tidings — /ˈtaɪdɪŋz / (say tuydingz) plural noun news, information, or intelligence: sad tidings. {Middle English; Old English tīdung (related to German Zeitung newspaper), from tīdan happen} …
