blessing

blessing
noun
1 STH GOOD/HELPFUL (C) something that you have or something that happens which is good because it improves your life, helps you in some way, or makes you happy: This rain will be a blessing for the farmers. | be a (great/real) blessing: The dishwasher has been a real blessing! | it is a blessing (that): It's a blessing no-one was badly hurt.
2 a mixed blessing a situation that has both good and bad parts: Getting that job was rather a mixed blessing, as it left me very little time to spend with my family.
3 blessing in disguise something that seems to be bad or unlucky at first, but which you later realize is good or lucky
4 count your blessings used to tell someone to remember how lucky they are, especially when they are complaining about something
5 APPROVAL (U) someone's approval or encouragement for a plan, activity, idea etc: with sb's blessing: They were determined to marry, with or without their parents' blessing. | give your blessing to: The Defense Department has given its blessing to the disarmament proposals.
6 FROM GOD (C, U) protection and help from God, or words spoken to ask for this: The priest gave the blessing.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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