GODSEND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Example:

the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

Synonyms:

bonanza; boom; bunce; godsend; gold rush; gravy; manna from heaven; windfall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("godsend" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

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