Translate heaven | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of heaven
noun
1a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. God (or the gods):Constantine was persuaded that disunity in the Church was displeasing to heaven Theology a state of being eternally in the presence of God after death. informal a place, state, or experience of supreme bliss:lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven used in various exclamations as a substitute for “God”:Heaven knows! good heavens!
2 (often
heavens)
literary the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated:Galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens
