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good news (uncountable)
- Something or someone pleasant, fortunate, or otherwise positive.
- Antonym: bad news
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.
- (Christianity) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, news.
something positive
- Arabic: بُشْرَى (ar) f (bušrā)
- Armenian: ավետիս (hy) (avetis)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喜訊/喜讯 (zh) (xǐxùn), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn), 好消息 (hǎo xiāoxi), 福音 (zh) (fúyīn)
- Dutch: (please verify) goed nieuws ?
- Finnish: hyvät uutiset
- French: bonne nouvelle (fr) f
- Galician: boas novas f pl
- German: gute Nachricht f
- Greek:
- Ancient: εὐαγγέλιον n (euangélion)
- Hindi: ख़ुशख़बरी f (xuśxabrī)
- Hungarian: jó hír
- Italian: (please verify) buone nuove pl
- Japanese: 良いニュース (yoi nyūsu), 朗報 (ja) (ろうほう, rōhō), 吉報 (ja) (きっぽう, kippō), 喜ばしい知らせ (よろこばしいしらせ, yorokobashii shirase), 福音 (ja) (ふくいん, fukuin)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: (please verify) خەبەری خۆش (xeberî xoş), (please verify) مژدە (mijde)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: בשׂורה f, חאביריס בואינוס pl
- Latin: besorá f, haberes buenos pl
- Macedonian: до́бри ве́сти f pl (dóbri vésti), до́бра вест f (dóbra vest)
- Malay: kabar gembira
- Persian: نوید (fa) (navid), مژده (fa) (možde)
- Portuguese: notícia boa f, boa notícia f
- Russian: хоро́шие но́вости f pl (xoróšije nóvosti), до́брая весть f (dóbraja vestʹ)
- Spanish: buenas noticias f pl
- Swedish: goda nyheter c pl
- Telugu: శుభవార్త (te) (śubhavārta)
- Turkish: müjde (tr), muştu (tr), sava (tr) (archaic)
- Urdu: خوش خبری f (xoś xabrī)
- Vietnamese: tin mừng (vi), tin vui, tin lành (vi)
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the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful