worship
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred objectThe devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
» Hero worship is a dangerous thing.
Meaning
10 senses(uncountable, usually)The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
Verehrung, Anbetung
поклоне́ниеpoklonénije, почита́ниеpočitánije, боготворе́ниеbogotvorénije
поклоні́нняpoklonínnja
(especially, uncountable, usually)The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
(metonymically, uncountable, usually)The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
Gottesdienst, Verehrung, Anbetung
богослуже́ниеbogoslužénije
богослужі́нняbohoslužínnja
(broadly, uncountable, usually)Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
(also, broadly, uncountable, usually)Ardent love.
Verehrung, Anbetung
обожа́ниеobožánije, почита́ниеpočitánije, боготворе́ниеbogotvorénije
a feeling of profound love and admiration
(uncountable, usually)An object of worship.
(UK, uncountable, usually)Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
(slang, uncountable, usually)The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does this.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Honour; respect; civil deference.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
Examples
239 sentencesHero worship is a dangerous thing.
She worships him.
Вона його обожнює.
ruОна его боготворит.
deSie verehrt ihn.
They worship every Sunday.
ruОни молятся каждое воскресенье.
deSie feiern jeden Sonntag Gottesdienst.
They worshipped him as a hero.
deEr wurde als Held verehrt.
Tom worships the ground Mary walks on.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiInherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.
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Forms
plural: worships| Singular | worship |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- a feeling of profound love and admiration:adoration
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable