Tra từ grace - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

grace [grace graces graced gracing] noun, verb BrE [ɡreɪs] NAmE [ɡreɪs]
noun

OF MOVEMENT
1. uncountable an attractive quality of movement that is smooth, elegant and controlled
•She moves with the natural grace of a ballerina.

BEHAVIOUR
2. uncountable a quality of behaviour that is polite and pleasant and deserves respect
•He conducted himself with grace and dignity throughout the trial.
3. gracesplural (especially BrE)ways of behaving that people think are polite and acceptable
•He was not particularly well versed in the social graces.

EXTRA TIME
4. uncountable extra time that is given to sb to enable them to pay a bill, finish a piece of work, etc
•They've given me a month's grace to get the money.

OF GOD
5. uncountable the kindness that God shows towards the human race
•the power of divine grace
•It was only by the grace of God that they survived.

PRAYER
6. uncountable, countable a short prayer that is usually said before a meal to thank God for the food
•Let's say grace.

TITLE
7. His/Her/Your Gracecountable used as a title of respect when talking to or about an ↑archbishop, a ↑duke or a ↑duchess
•Good Morning, Your Grace.
•Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
see also ↑coup de grâce, ↑saving grace
more at airs and graces at ↑air _n., in a state of grace at ↑state _n., year of grace at ↑year

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratia, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’; related to ↑grateful.

Collocations:
Religion
Being religious
believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
convert to/practise/ (especially US) practice a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
go to church/(NAmE) temple (= the synagogue)
go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
belong to a church/a religious community
join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
go on/make a pilgrimage
celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
deliver/preach/hear a sermon
lead/address the congregation
say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
be based on/derive from divine revelation
commit/consider sth heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
strengthen/lose your faith
keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
save/purify/lose your soul
obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
be/accept/do God's will
receive/experience divine grace
achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
hear/answer a prayer
commit/confess/forgive a sin
do/perform penance

Example Bank:
•The mantra bestows Siva's grace upon the devotee.
•a debut album of uncommon grace and beauty
•the power of divine grace operating in their souls
•She didn't even have the grace to look embarrassed.
•We will simply have to accept the situation with a good grace.
Idioms: ↑fall from grace ▪ ↑have the grace to do something ▪ ↑in somebody's good graces ▪ ↑somebody's fall from grace ▪ ↑there but for the grace of God ▪ ↑with bad grace ▪ ↑with good grace

verb (formal)
1. ~ sth to make sth more attractive; to decorate sth
•The table had once graced a duke's drawing room.
•We sat at a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers.
2. (usually ironic)to bring honour to sb/sth; to be kind enough to attend or take part in sth
•~ sb/sth She is one of the finest players ever to have graced the game.
•The occasion was graced by the presence of Lord and Lady Thomson.
•~ sb/sth with sth Will you be gracing us with your presence tonight?
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratia, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’; related to ↑grateful.