Godspeed

Definitions

1. The wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this.
   literary, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. Chiefly in in the Godspeed of: the most important part of something, or point at which something happens; also, the last minute or last moment.
   archaic, countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable
4. In back of Godspeed: a distant, remote, or unknown place.
   countable, figuratively, literary, uncountable

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةبالتوفيقفِي مَعِيَّة اللّٰه

Češtinašťastnou cestu

Ελληνικάκαλή τύχη

Esperantobonŝancon

Suomikäännekohtakohokohtaonnea matkaanonnentoivotus+ 1 more

עבריתבְּהַצְלָחָה

Lietuviųsudie

Nederlandsga met Godsucces

Polskipowodzeniaszczęść Bożeszerokiej drogiz Bogiem+ 1 more

Portuguêsvai com Deus

Русскийбог в по́мощьс богомска́тертью доро́га

Svenskalycka till

Türkçeiyi yolculuklar

Tiếng Việtphú hộ

Examples

“Yff there come⟳ eny vnto you and brynge not this learnynge⸝ hym receave not to houſſe: nether bid hym god ſpede. For he that biddeth hym God ſpede⸝ is part taker off his evyll dedes.”

“Then Chriſtian took his leave⟳ of his Friend, and he again bid him God ſpeed.”

“Ber[inthia]. Speed⟳ her vvell. / VVor[thy]. Ay, but there muſt be more than a God ſpeed, or your Charity vvon't be vvorth a farthing.”

“He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face⟳, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed.”

“[I]n the morning, as Rowland at the garden gate was giving his hostess Godspeed on her way to church, he came striding along the grassy margin of the road and out-whistling the music of the church bells.”

“Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number⟳ and common gender has met with a warm welcome⟳ from philologists and the press⟳. […] The new word has received a number⟳ of godspeeds, some of which we quote.”

“Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him godspeed.”

“But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]”

“But juſt in the Godſpeed, the Plot vvas Diſcover'd.”

“I udn't mind⟳ seeing her come⟳ in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something.”

“If I don't leave⟳ you at the back of God-speed before long, I'll give⟳ you the mare and the horse too.”

“mrs george. I have⟳ earned the right to speak⟳. I have⟳ dared: I have⟳ gone through: I have⟳ not fallen withered into the fire: I have⟳ come⟳ at last⟳ out beyond, to the back of Godspeed. / the bishop. And what do you see⟳ there, at the back of Godspeed?”

“Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number⟳ and common gender has met with a warm welcome⟳ from philologists and the press⟳. […] The new word has received a number⟳ of godspeeds, some of which we quote.”

“Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him godspeed.”

“I udn't mind⟳ seeing her come⟳ in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something.”

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