From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparadisepar‧a‧dise /ˈpærədaɪs/ ●●○ noun 1 [uncountable]PLACE a place or situation that is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or enjoyable a beautiful tropical paradise The hotel felt like paradise after two weeks of camping. A home near the sea is my idea of paradise.2 [singular]NEED a place that has everything you need for doing a particular activity The market is a shopper’s paradise.paradise for Hawaii is a paradise for surfers.3 → Paradise → bird of paradise, → be living in a fool’s paradise at fool1(9)
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paradise• It is about a paradise one can not have.• And if that were to happen, paradise could not be far behind.• Humans later followed them to enter a hunting paradise.• For the new immigrants, America seemed like paradise.• Brooklands was like paradise to 19 year old Jack.• But this monopolistic paradise has been lost.• What does a photographer look for when commissioned to shoot pristine paradise?• With so many inexpensive fashion stores, it's a bargain-hunter's paradise.• Tonga is a tropical paradise.paradise for• San Felipe is paradise for seafood lovers.ParadiseParadise[singular] a) RRin some religions, a perfect place where people are believed to go after they die, if they have led good lives → heaven b) RRCaccording to the Bible, the garden where the first humans, Adam and Eve, lived → paradiseOrigin paradise (1100-1200) Old French Late Latin, from Greek paradeisos “enclosed park” 