n. pl. [ OE. tidinge, ti&unr_;inge, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. tī&unr_;indi; 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 ]

I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. [ 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 ]

Now near the tidings of our comfort is. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tidings to the contrary
Are brought your eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- News; advice; information; intelligence. -- Tidings, News. The term news denotes recent intelligence from any quarter; the term tidings denotes intelligence expected from a particular quarter, showing what has there betided. We may be indifferent as to news, but are always more or less interested in tidings. We read the news daily; we wait for tidings respecting an absent friend or an impending battle. We may be curious to hear the news; we are always anxious for tidings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

What tidings dost thou bring? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

訪れ

[おとずれ, otozure] (n) (1) visit; call; (2) arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; coming; appearance; (3) news; tidings; word; (P) #3009

音信

[おんしん;いんしん, onshin ; inshin] (n) correspondence; news; letter; tidings

花信

[かしん, kashin] (n) tidings of flowers

花信風

[かしんふう, kashinfuu] (n) spring wind telling the tidings of flowers

花便り

[はなだより, hanadayori] (n) tidings of flowers

季節の便り;季節のたより

[きせつのたより, kisetsunotayori] (n) season's tidings; seasonal letter

沙汰

[さた, sata] (n, vs) (1) affair; state; incident; issue; matter; (2) verdict; sentence; (3) directions; orders; command; instructions; (4) notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update

善処

[ぜんしょ, zensho] (n, vs) handling carefully; tiding over; making best of; using discretion

便り

[たより(P);だより, tayori (P); dayori] (n, vs) (1) (たより only) news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter; (n-suf) (2) (だより only) news from ...; (P)

芳信

[ほうしん, houshin] (n) honorific reference to another's letter; tidings of peach blossoms

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Überbrückung { f }

tiding oneself over

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