religion
US: /ɹiˈɫɪdʒən/, /ɹɪˈɫɪdʒən/
UK: /ɹɪlˈɪdʒən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
religion /ri'lidʤn/- danh từ
- tôn giáo, đạo; sự tín ngưỡng, sự tu hành
- the Christian religion: đạo Cơ đốc
- freedom of religion: tự do tín ngưỡng
- to enter into religion: đi tu
- sự sùng bái; việc có nghĩa vụ phải làm
- to make a religion of soemthing: sùng bái cái gì; coi cái gì như là việc có nghĩa vụ phải làm
- tôn giáo, đạo; sự tín ngưỡng, sự tu hành
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and the activities that are connected with the worship of them: Is there always a conflict between science and religion?
2 [C] one of the systems of faith that are based on the belief in the existence of a particular god or gods: the Jewish religion + Christianity, Islam and other world religions + The law states that everyone has the right to practise their own religion.
3 [sing.] a particular interest or influence that is very important in your life: For him, football is an absolute religion.
Idioms: get religion (informal, disapproving) to suddenly become interested in religion
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
creed, belief, faith; doctrine, dogma:
People must be treated equally, regardless of their religion.
Collocation
ADJ.
great, major | world
Islam is one of the great world religions.
| dominant | established, old | new | orthodox | true | false | alternative
Football has become an alternative religion for many people.
| organized
I believe in God, but I don't belong to any organized religion.
| primitive | pagan | monotheistic, polytheistic | eastern
eastern religions such as Shintoism
| Hindu, Jewish, etc. | Catholic, evangelical, Orthodox, Protestant | official, state
VERB + RELIGION
belong to, have
She has no religion.
| follow, practise
Do you still practise your religion?
| change | abandon, reject | defend
She believed that her religion needed to be defended by philosophy and logic.
| found
He founded a new religion.
| spread
RELIGION + VERB
be based on sth
a religion based on reason
| originate from sth
He believes that all religions originated from a single source.
| develop | spread
PREP.
by ~
These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion.
| in a/the ~
In their religion, mountains are sacred.
PHRASES
an adherent/follower of a religion, a form/kind of religion
More information about RELIGION
RELIGION:
accept, adopt, convert to, embrace, follow, turn to ~
He converted to Judaism when he got married. people who follow Hinduism
abandon, reject ~
He rejected Christianity and became a Buddhist.
~ spread
Islam spread rapidly through North Africa.
~ preaches, proclaims, teaches sth
Christianity preaches that sinners can be forgiven.
a follower of ~
followers of Sikhism
the rise/spread of ~
the rise of Christianity in the first century
the teachings/tenets of ~
the basic tenets of Buddhism
Concise dictionary
religionsrɪ'lɪdʒənnoun
+a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
+an institution to express belief in a divine power
