2
general::
noun thing that brings happiness/improves your life ADJ. great, real | mixed (= a thing that has advantages and disadvantages) PREP. ~ for A TV can be a real blessing for old people. PHRASES a blessing in disguise (= a thing that seems unfortunate, but is later seen to be fortunate), count your blessings (= to be grateful for the good things you have) approval/support ADJ. full | official VERB + BLESSING have | give sb/sth The government has given its official blessing to the project. | get, receive She received the full blessing of her employers. PREP. with/without sb's ~ He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing. prayer ADJ. traditional VERB + BLESSING give, make, pronounce, say The blessing was said in Hebrew. | ask (for) PREP. ~ on ask God's blessing on their pastoral work
Oxford Collocations Dictionary