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Meaning of grace | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ɡɹeɪs

Definitions

  1. Acronym of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. Charming, pleasing qualities.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A female given name from English.
    countable
  4. Out of favor with.
  5. A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
    countable
  6. A surname.
    countable
  7. In favor with.
  8. In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
    countable
  9. A placename in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
  10. A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho.
    countable, uncountable
  11. In a grudging manner.
  12. A grace note.
    countable
  13. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
  14. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
    countable, uncountable
  15. In a willing manner.
  16. Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.
    uncountable
  17. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
  18. having or showing beauty of form or movement. a graceful dancer. grasieuse رشيق، ظريف грациозен gracioso ladný, půvabný anmutig yndefuld; graciøs που είναι γεμάτος χάρη gracioso nõtke زیبا؛ موقر sulavaliikkeinen gracieuxחינני रूप या चाल की सुंदरता दिखाना ljubak, graziozan kecses luwes þokkafullur aggraziato 優美な 우아한 grakštus, gracingas graciozs mempunyai gaya yang cantik gracieus, elegantyndig, elegant, grasiøs pełen wdzięku ښکلی gracioso gra­ţios грациозный pôvabný graciozen graciozan graciös...
  19. An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.
    uncountable
  20. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
  21. grasieus بِرَشاقَه грациозно graciosamente ladně, půvabně anmutig yndefuldt; graciøst χαριτωμένα graciosamente nõtkelt مودبانه؛ با وقار viehkeästi gracieusementבחן सुन्दरता से ljupko, graciozno bájosan, kecsesen secara luwes tígulega aggraziatamente 優美に 우아하게 grakščiai graciozi dengan gaya yang lemah lembut op elegante manier yndig, grasiøst wdzięcznie په نزاكت، په لطافت ، په زړه سوي graciosamente graţios грациозно pôvabne graciozno graciozno graciöst อย่างนุ่มนวล incelikle, kibarca 優美地(體態或動作)...
  22. Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
    uncountable
  23. An unincorporated community in Silver Bow County, Montana.
    countable, uncountable
  24. An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
    countable, uncountable
  25. grasie رَشاقَه грация graciosidade ladnost, půvab die Anmut ynde; gratie χάρηgracia nõtkus ادب؛ ظرافت viehkeys grâceחינניות सुन्दरतापूर्वक ljupkopst, gracioznost báj keindahan, keluwesan tíguleiki grazia 優美さ 우아함 grakštumas graciozums sifat yang mempunyai gaya yang lemah lembut elegantie, charmeyndighet, grasiøse bevegelserwdzięk نزاكت، لطافت ، زړه سوى graciosidade graţie; bunăvoinţă грациозность pôvab ljubkost gracioznost behagfullhet, grace ความสง่างาม zarafet, incelik 優美(體態或動作) граціозність...
  26. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
  27. Mercy, pardon.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  28. an exclamation of surprise. goeie hemel, my tyd تَعبير عن الدّهْشَه والمُفاجأه боже мой! valha-me Deus proboha! du liebe Güte! du godeste!; milde himmel! Θεέ και Κύριε! (επιφ.) ¡por Dios!, ¡válgame Dios!, ¡Dios mío! armas taevas! عجب laupias taivas juste ciel! שוֹמוּ שָׁמַיִם! आश्चर्य की अभिव्यक्ति Bože milostivi! te jó Isten! astaga! hamingjan góða! Dio mio! おや 저런 vajetau! o Dieve! ak vai! ak Dievs! oh lieve hemel bevare meg vel! O Boże! عجیب valha-me Deus Sfinte Dumnezeule! батюшки!, Боже м...
  29. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
  30. She smiled graciously. goedgunstiglik بِلطافَه، بِتهْذيب، بِشَفَقَه благосклонно bondosamente laskavě wohlwollend venligt ευγενικάgraciosamente; con misericordia; bondadosamente lahkelt با وقار؛ با مهربانی kohteliaasti avec grâce בַּאֲדִיבוּת दया से dobrohotno barátságosan dengan manis vinsamlega con benevolenza 優しく 상냥하게 maloniai laipni dengan mesra met hoffelijkheid vennlig, elskverdiguprzejmie په موْدبانه تو ګه په نزاكت bondosamente cu graţie любезно láskavo prijazno ljubazno vänligt, artig...
  31. goedgunstigheid لَطافه، رأْفَه، تَهْذيب благосклонност bondade laskavost, milost die Güte venlighed; høflighed ευγένειαbondad; amabilidad, cortesía lahkus لطف؛ بزرگواری kohteliaisuus bienveillanceאדיבות रमणीयता, शालीनता, शिष्टता ljubaznost, dobrohotnost kedvesség kemanisan vinsemd benevolenza 優しさ 상냥함 maloningumas, mandagumas laipnība; žēlsirdība sifat yang lembut dan mesra beleefdheidelskverdighet, vennlighetuprzejmość لطف bondade bunăvoinţă любезность; милость vľúdnosť dobrota ljubaznost vän...

Equivalents

العربية غرايس غريس
Català gràcia
Cymraeg gras
Esperanto gracio graco
Eesti palve
فارسی منت ناز
Gaeilge cairde grásta
Gàidhlig loinn
Galego graza
Հայերեն շնորհ
Bahasa Indonesia rahmat
ខ្មែរ លីឡ្ហា សីល
Kurdî baj har Îhsan letafet merhamet
Latina gratia
Lingála ngolu
Bahasa Melayu doa limpah kurnia tempoh
Português carência engraçar graça graças Greice
Kiswahili neema
ไทย พระคุณ
اردو ادا

Examples

“The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party.”
“Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.”
“I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing.”
“It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.”
“The Trill being the most usual Grace, is usually made in Closes, Cadences, and when on a long Note Exclamation or Passion is expressed, there the Trill is made in the latter part of such Note; but most usually upon binding Notes and such Notes as precede the closing Note.”
“The dancer moved with grace and strength.”
“The repayment of the loan starts after a three-year grace.”
“With mounting anger the King denounced the pair, both father and son, and was about to condemn them to death when his strength gave out. Faint and trembling he was unable to walk and the sword fell from his hands as he murmured: 'May the Protector of the Buddhist Faith grant me but seven more days grace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son'.”
“Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence”
“divine grace”
“the grace of God”
“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed vpō me, was not in vaine: But I laboured more abundantly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me:”
“When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her. Moreover, from her earliest days the bairn had some glimmerings of grace.”
“To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /”
“Grace does not belie her name; for she is indeed a sweet girl, modest and unassuming, and appearing to be unconscious of having done anything great or noble. - OBSERVER, Dec.16, 1838.”
“They named me Grace and waited for a light and agile dancer. / But some trick of genes mixed me up / And instead I turned out big and black and burly.”
“Had I given birth to a daughter of my own, I'd like to have called her Grace, a classic and poetic name, one that illuminates a person of dignity and poise.”
“Whether at work or as the protective single mother to her teenage daughter, Abbie (Grace Kaufman), Margaret is a model of calculated control.”
“Since the Tibetan plateau contains a lot of “closed” catchments, from which meltwater cannot easily escape, large amounts of melting could happen without GRACE detecting them.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
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