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tidings

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Noun Plural
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tidings has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

tidingsn. pl. [OE. tidinge, tiinge, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. tīindi; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. tīdan to happen, E. betide, tide. See Tide, v. i. & n.].
     Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.  [1913 Webster]
    " 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."  [1913 Webster]
    "I shall make my master glad with these tidings."  [1913 Webster]
    "Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
    Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Now near the tidings of our comfort is."  [1913 Webster]
    "Tidings to the contrary
    Are brought your eyes.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Evil news rides post, while good news baits."  [1913 Webster]
    "What tidings dost thou bring?"  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- News; advice; information; intelligence.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tidings, n. (as sing. or pl.) literary news, information.

Etymology
OE tidung, prob. f. ON t{iacute}thindi events f. t{iacute}thr occurring

THESAURUS

tidings

advice, broadcast journalism, information, intelligence, journalism, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, newsworthiness, press association, radio, reportage, telegraph agency, television, the fourth estate, the press, wire service, word

ROGET THESAURUS

tidings

News

N news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

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