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Tidings Word Information Recent I Bring Good Means

Front tidings
Pron ['taɪdɪŋz]
Back 【tidings】
n.消息
The messenger brought tidings from the battlefield.
报信者带来战场上的消息。
Vocab
tidingsinformation about recent and important events

Tidings is an old-fashioned word for recent news. If someone says "I bring you good tidings!" it means they have information to share that you'll probably like.

Even though this word appears to be related to tide, tidings is actually thought to come from the Old English word tidan, which means "to happen." This term is a little unusual since it’s almost always in the plural form; you would never say, "I bring you a good tiding"!

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