From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheavenheav‧en /ˈhevən/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1 place of god (also Heaven) [singular]RR the place where God is believed to live and where good people are believed to go when they die → paradisein heaven He believed that he and his wife would one day be together again in heaven.2 enjoyable situation [uncountable] informalGOOD/EXCELLENT an extremely enjoyable situation or place SYN paradise Sitting by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven.in heaven Put a baseball in his hand and he’s in heaven. Living on the farm for Jim was heaven on earth.a match/marriage made in heaven (=a happy and successful marriage)SPOKEN PHRASES3 → for heaven’s sake4 → heaven (only) knows5 → heaven help somebody6 → heaven forbid7 → what/how/why etc in heaven’s name8 → the heavens9 → move heaven and earth → be in seventh heaven at seventh1(2), → thank heaven(s) at thank(2)
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heaven• Well the sun is blazing down from the clear blue heavens.• It's the most extraordinary place - both heaven and hell simultaneously.• I used to think I had died and gone to rank-and-file heaven.• The new kitchen is heaven compared to the old one.in heaven• Star Trek fans were in heaven today at the Science Fiction Convention.a match/marriage made in heaven• It was a marriage made in heaven that seemed to deteriorate to hell in a hurry.• Her friends all thought that theirs was a match made in heaven, the union of two gilded human beings.Origin heaven Old English heofon 