- a spirit who is believed to be a servant of God, and is sent by God to deliver a message or perform a task. Angels are often shown dressed in white, with wings.
- a host of angels
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1- She looks like an angel.
- a singer who has the voice of an angel
- She wore a white costume with big furry angel wings.
- a book about anti-heroes and fallen angels
- He liked to think of himself as an avenging angel fighting for justice.
- We lay back in the snow and made snow angels (= a shape made by moving your arms and legs back and forward while lying in snow).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- guardian
- avenging
- fallen
- …
- choir
- host
- look like
- wings
- the face of an angel
- the voice of an angel
- a person who is very good and kind; a child who behaves well
- John is no angel, believe me (= he does not behave well).
- Mary’s children are little angels.
- I could hardly see Lisa in the role of ministering angel.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- little
- perfect
- …
- investor
- be an angel
- be no angel
- (informal) used when you are talking to somebody and you are grateful to them
- Thanks Dad, you're an angel.
- Be an angel and make me a cup of coffee.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- little
- perfect
- …
- investor
- be an angel
- be no angel
- (also angel investor, business angel)a person who supports a business by investing money in it, especially somebody who supports a new small business with their own money
- When will the angels get their money back?
- They started the business with the help of $2 million supplied by angel investors.
Word OriginOld English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos ‘messenger’; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele.
Idioms
See angel in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
- (saying) people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things that more experienced people would not consider doing
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